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- Influence
Gesture Paves the Way for Language Development
- J. Iverson, S. Goldin-Meadow
- Psychology, Medicine
- Psychological science
- 1 May 2005
In development, children often use gesture to communicate before they use words. The question is whether these gestures merely precede language development or are fundamentally tied to it. We… Expand
The role of gesture in communication and thinking
- S. Goldin-Meadow
- Psychology, Medicine
- Trends in Cognitive Sciences
- 1 November 1999
People move their hands as they talk - they gesture. Gesturing is a robust phenomenon, found across cultures, ages, and tasks. Gesture is even found in individuals blind from birth. But what purpose,… Expand
Explaining Math: Gesturing Lightens the Load
- S. Goldin-Meadow, H. Nusbaum, S. Kelly, S. Wagner
- Psychology, Medicine
- Psychological science
- 1 November 2001
Why is it that people cannot keep their hands still when they talk? One reason may be that gesturing actually lightens cognitive load while a person is thinking of what to say. We asked adults and… Expand
What makes us smart? Core knowledge and natural language
- E. Spelke, D. Gentner, S. Goldin-Meadow
- Computer Science
- 2003
- 277
- 22
The mismatch between gesture and speech as an index of transitional knowledge
- R. B. Church, S. Goldin-Meadow
- Psychology, Medicine
- Cognition
- 1 June 1986
Abstract This study investigates two implications of frequent mismatches between gesture and speech in a child's explanations of a concept: (1) Do gesture/speech mismatches reflect a basic… Expand
The Resilience of Language: What Gesture Creation in Deaf Children Can Tell Us About How All Children Learn Language
- S. Goldin-Meadow
- Psychology
- 2003
- 262
- 18
Parent praise to 1- to 3-year-olds predicts children's motivational frameworks 5 years later.
- Elizabeth A Gunderson, Sarah Gripshover, Carissa A. Romero, C. Dweck, S. Goldin-Meadow, S. Levine
- Psychology, Medicine
- Child development
- 1 September 2013
In laboratory studies, praising children's effort encourages them to adopt incremental motivational frameworks--they believe ability is malleable, attribute success to hard work, enjoy challenges,… Expand
Beyond words: the importance of gesture to researchers and learners.
- S. Goldin-Meadow
- Psychology, Medicine
- Child development
- 2000
Gesture has privileged access to information that children know but do not say. As such, it can serve as an additional window to the mind of the developing child, one that researchers are only… Expand
Gesture is at the cutting edge of early language development
- Şeyda Özçalışkan, S. Goldin-Meadow
- Psychology, Medicine
- Cognition
- 1 July 2005
Children who produce one word at a time often use gesture to supplement their speech, turning a single word into an utterance that conveys a sentence-like meaning ('eat'+point at cookie).… Expand