How do learners make sense of what they are learning? In this article, I present a new
framework of sense-making based on research investigating the benefits and boundaries of …

This review aims at exploring the role of the body and its sensorimotor processes in memory.
Recent theories have suggested that memories can profitably be seen as mental simulations …

Manual gestures can facilitate problem solving but also language or conceptual learning.
Both seeing and making the gestures during learning seem to be beneficial. However, the …

The ability to encode, retain, and implement instructions within working memory is central to
many behaviours, including classroom activities which underpin learning. The three …

A well-established literature reveals that a speaker's gestures have beneficial effects on the
listener's memory for speech. A main assumption of our investigation is that gestures …

This chapter focuses on practical implications of embodiment to facilitate learning in
educational contexts. Starting from a brief historical overview of the scientific debate of …

The embodied approach states that memory traces are retrieved, at least in part, through a
sensorimotor simulation of the original events, ie, during retrieval we use our body and its …

Experiments showed that children are able to create algorithms, that is, sequences of
operations that solve problems, and that their gestures help them to do so. The theory of …

il ragionamento, ovvero la capacità di fare inferenze, è ampiamente studiato in psicologia
rispetto a diversi domini cognitivi. Questo articolo si focalizza sui processi inferenziali che …

Memory for series of action phrases improves in listeners when speakers accompany each
phrase with congruent gestures compared to when speakers stay still. Studies reveal that …