If you have ever tilted your head to perceive a rotated image, or programmed a smartphone
to remind you of an upcoming appointment, you have engaged in cognitive offloading: the …

There is an emerging consensus that spatial thinking plays a fundamental role in how
people conceive, express, and perform mathematics. However, the underlying nature of this …

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 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 …

This Instructor's Resource Manual has been written to accompany the seventh edition of
Nonverbal Communication in Human Interaction by Mark L. Knapp, Judith A. Hall, and Terry …

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 …

Speech and gesture are two vital components of communication. Gesture itself provides an
external support to speech, potentially promoting comprehension of a spoken message. The …

The use of a self-avatar inside an immersive virtual reality system has been shown to have
important effects on presence, interaction and perception of space. Based on studies from …

Recent literature on learning with instructional manipulatives seems to call for a moderate
view on the effects of perceptual and interactive richness of instructional manipulatives on …

Speakers use spontaneous hand gestures as they speak and think. These gestures serve
many functions for speakers who produce them as well as for listeners who observe them …