Thinking with Your Hands, Susan GoldinMeadow
Thinking with Your Hands, Susan GoldinMeadow
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Thinking with Your Hands
The Surprising Science Behind How Gestures Shape Our Thoughts

Author: Susan Goldin-Meadow

Narrator: Jean Ann Douglass

Unabridged: 7 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/13/2023

Synopsis

We all know people who talk with their hands—but do they know what they’re saying with them? Our gestures can reveal and contradict us and express thoughts we may not even know we’re thinking. In Thinking with Your Hands, esteemed cognitive psychologist Susan Goldin-Meadow argues that gesture is vital to how we think, learn, and communicate. She shows us, for instance, how the height of our gestures can reveal unconscious bias or how the shape of a student’s gestures can track their mastery of a new concept—even when they’re still giving wrong answers. She compels us to rethink everything from how we set child-development milestones to what’s admissible in a court of law to whether Zoom is an adequate substitute for in-person conversation. Sweeping and ambitious, Thinking with Your Hands promises to transform the way we think about language and communication.

About Susan Goldin-Meadow

Susan Goldin-Meadow is the Beardsley Ruml Distinguished Service Professor in the department of psychology and on the Committee on Human Development, both at the University of Chicago. The winner of the 2021 Rumelhart Prize in cognitive science, she is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She lives in Chicago.

About Jean Ann Douglass

Jean Ann Douglass is a performer, a playwright, an audiobook narrator, and a writer who is passionate about connecting deeply with her characters and bringing them to life. Based in Brooklyn, New York, she has worked professionally in communications, interactive video design, insurance, and human resources, and she holds a bachelor's degree from Tulane University and a master's degree from Brooklyn College.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jamie

I love this so much! I work in Deafblind services. Many of our children can't use sign language because they can't see and they can't talk because they don't hear. But they absolutely communicate. They tap, wiggle, and make faces. They know how to express themselves, even before we teach them how to......more

Goodreads review by Jackie

It's a pretty well known fact that I'd be a lifelong student if I had the funds to do so. Because of that, this book appealed to me on a lot of levels. I do a fair bit of presenting and public speaking, and regularly interact with my employees and my clients. While I expected "Thinking With Your Han......more

Goodreads review by Kate

**Listened to the audio book** This book was a pleasant surprise. I knew I would enjoy it - obviously why I chose to read it in the first place. But there was so much to this book. I found this book super interesting, especially when it referred to learning difficulties and early diagnosis. I've alwa......more

Goodreads review by Christopher

Interesting read. Nothing super novel, but definitely got the brain thinking about the power of gestures.......more

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