Gestures Flashcards
Explain differences in children’s and adult’s gestures
Children used whole body in gesture, not just hands. Children exaggerate more, more conscious of gestures. Immerse themselves in the story they’re telling
Do gestures lighten cognitive load? (Meadow…and Wagner)
Asked to recall words, recall better in gesture-allowed condition. Yes, does lighten cognitive load
Describe individual differences in gestures
Some people gesture more. some produce more salient gestures, gestures help spatial transformation
Describe gestures for abstract concepts
Less defined, repetitive, metaphorical gestures
Are gestures influenced by communicative context? (Gerwin + Bavelas)
Common ground vs non-common ground - Played with same/different toys. Non-common ground gestures were more informative. Context does influence gestures
When are more representational gestures used?
When weak in spatial transformation/weak in conceptualisation
A strongly empathic person will use which gestures?
Interactive gestures
Name the 7 gesture types
Emblems, pointing gestures, iconic gestures, representational gestures, metaphorical, beat gestures, interactive gestures
Emblems are…
Conventionalised meaning in a given culture. Can mean different things in different countries
Describe pointing gestures
Interesting along vector to which gesture points
Iconic gestures are…
Gestures that depict shape, motion, actions and spatial relations
What do representational gestures include?
Include iconic and pointing gestures
Metaphorical gestures are…
Similar to pointing and iconic, but express abstract concepts
Define beat gestures
Small up and down movement. Unsure why these are used
What do interactive gestures refer to?
Something about interaction between speaker and listener. Listener inducing gesture.
