Thinking with your hands : the surprising science behind how gestures shape our thoughts
Goldin-Meadow, Susan2023
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Our gestures can reveal and contradict us, and express thoughts we may not even know we're thinking. Cognitive psychologist Susan Goldin-Meadow argues that gesture is vital to how we think, learn, and communicate. She shows us, for instance, how the height of our gestures can reveal unconscious bias, or how the shape of a student's gestures can track their mastery of a new concept - even when they're still giving wrong answers. She compels us to rethink everything from how we set child development milestones, to what's admissible in a court of law, to whether Zoom is an adequate substitute for in-person conversation.
Main title:
Thinking with your hands : the surprising science behind how gestures shape our thoughts / Susan Goldin-Meadow.
Author:
Goldin-Meadow, Susan, author
Imprint:
New York : Basic Books, 2023.
Collation:
288 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781541600805 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
153.42
Language:
English
BRN:
2355171
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