Gesture Production as Affected by Spatial and Verbal Stimuli Presentation and Preferred Learning Styles
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Authors
Skirving, Catherine J.
Issue Date
2009
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Thesis
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en_US
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Abstract
Theories of gesture purpose and production are reviewed in an attempt to show the
connection between gesture production and spatially encoded material. The Gesture as Simulated
Action framework (Hostetter & Alibali 2008) is utilized as a means of understanding this
connection and thinking about possibilities for future res~arch. Modifications have been made to
the framework of an experiment conducted by Hostetter and Hopkins (2002) in an attempt to
support their findings that gesture production i~ more frequent when participants are presented
with visual information. The difference in rates of gesture amongst participants in both visual
and verbal conditions is examined to explore the hypothesis that more gestures will be produced
in the visual condition than in the verbal condition. Furthermore, ideas about learning styles and
learning preferences are discussed, and the implication of these preferences on the rate of gesture is examined.
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vi, 37 p.
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