I See It in My Hands' Eye: Representational Gestures Reflect Conceptual Demands

Autor/inn/en	Hostetter, Autumn B.; Alibali, Martha W.; Kita, Sotaro
Titel	I See It in My Hands' Eye: Representational Gestures Reflect Conceptual Demands
Quelle	In: Language and Cognitive Processes, 22 (2007) 3, S.313-336 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0169-0965
Schlagwörter	Nonverbal Communication; Geometric Concepts; Cognitive Processes; Task Analysis; Visual Stimuli + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Elementare Geometrie; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Aufgabenanalyse
Abstract	The Information Packaging Hypothesis (Kita, 2000) holds that gestures play a role in conceptualising information for speaking. According to this view, speakers will gesture more when describing difficult-to-conceptualise information than when describing easy-to-conceptualise information. In the present study, 24 participants described ambiguous dot patterns under two conditions. In the dots-plus-shapes condition, geometric shapes connected the dots, and participants described the patterns in terms of those shapes. In the dots-only condition, no shapes were present, and participants generated their own geometric conceptualisations and described the patterns. Participants gestured at a higher rate in the dots-only condition than in the dots-plus-shapes condition. The results support the Information Packaging Hypothesis and suggest that gestures occur when information is difficult to conceptualise. (Contains 3 figures and 2 footnotes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10