How the Brain Links Gestures, Perception and Meaning

Apr 1, 2019

How the Brain Links Gestures, Perception and Meaning

Neuroscience has found that gestures are not merely important as tools of expression but as guides of cognition and perception.

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… The conversion from movement into meaning is both seamless and direct, because we are endowed with the capacity to speak without talking and comprehend without hearing. We can direct attention by pointing, enhance narrative by miming, emphasize with rhythmic strokes and convey entire responses with a simple combination of fingers. …

https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-the-brain-links-gestures-perception-and-meaning-20190325

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