Foundations of Embodied Learning advances learning, instruction, and the design of
educational technologies by rethinking the learner as an integrated system of mind, body …

Abstract The Gesture as Simulated Action (GSA) framework was proposed to explain how
gestures arise from embodied simulations of the motor and perceptual states that occur …

A rising epistemological paradigm in the cognitive sciences—embodied cognition—has
been stimulating innovative approaches, among educational researchers, to the design and …

A key challenge for entrepreneurs is to convince investors of their business ideas via a pitch.
While scholars have started to explore how entrepreneurs convey their passion and …

Gestures are often taken as evidence that the body is involved in thinking and speaking
about the ideas expressed in those gestures. In this article, we present evidence drawn from …

Gestures and speech interact. They are linked in language production and perception, with
their interaction contributing to felicitous communication. The multifaceted nature of these …

Grounded cognition rejects traditional views that cognition is computation on amodal
symbols in a modular system, independent of the brain's modal systems for perception …

The coordination of visual attention among social partners is central to many components of
human behavior and human development. Previous research has focused on one pathway …

When speakers talk, they gesture. The goal of this review is to investigate the contribution
that these gestures make to how we communicate and think. Gesture can play a role in …

When people talk, they gesture. Gesture is a fundamental component of language that
contributes meaningful and unique information to a spoken message and reflects the …