Zahra Eskandari
Biographic Data
| ID | 97193 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zahra Eskandari |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zahra |
| FAMILY NAME | Eskandari |
| SIGNATURE | ESKANDARI Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Electronic Science and Technology of China |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3178-9182 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A qualitative study on the development of socially responsive nurses: A conceptual model based on faculty members and student perspectives
BACKGROUND: One of the approaches that has attracted the attention of planners in recent years in order to create a link between the learning of university graduates and the needs of society is the responsive education approach. It is clear that social accountability is not a spontaneous process; there is a need for planned education of students during their academic years and their active participation in social accountability programs. This qua…
How gestural simulation can enhance mental arithmetic operations
Metaphoric and Gestural Descriptions of Out-of-Body Experiences by Persian Subjects
The phenomena of out-of-body experience (OBE) and near-death experience (NDE) have attracted increasing research interest. In this study, we used a set of videos to examine verbal and gestural descriptions of a group of people talking about their OBE experiences. Two chi-square tests were used to find out what type of sentences and what type of gestures were more frequently used to describe normally-possible and normally-impossible OBE events. Th…
Embodiment and Gestural Simulation of the Definite Article
In this study, we examined mental simulation and gestural embodiment of the definite article ( the ) by analyzing gestures produced by presenters talking about a variety of subjects. We used a Chi-square test to find out what type of gesture occurred more frequently with the definite article. The results showed that the number of pointing gestures that occurred with definite articles used before already-mentioned nouns was significantly higher th…
Risk Communication and Community Engagement in Mass Gathering: A Conceptual Framework
Dynamic Mathematical Processing Through Symbolic, Situational, and Verbal Representations
Bodily events in metaphorical embodiment of stress relief
Embodiment and gestural realization of ergative verbs
Schematic Embodiment of Perseverance in Persian
Gestures Enhance Executive Functions for the Understating of Mathematical Concepts
Gestural Simulation of Motion Verbs
We aimed to investigate how the path of a motion verb is mentally simulated and realized in gestures when it is encoded in path-joined motion verbs (e.g., “enter the house”), path-disjoined motion verbs (e.g., “go into the house”), and pathless motion verbs (e.g., “walk in the street”). We conducted 2 studies to answer this question. In Study 1, we analyzed gestures produced by presenters in a set of YouTube videos. We used several chi-square tes…
Gestural embodiment of spatial schematic information in motion-based and static space-based metaphors
In this study, we examined the types of gestures that occurred with motion-based, static space-based, static object-based, and static event-based metaphors. A group of participants listened to three short stories and then retold them in front of a camera. The camera could record participants’ gestures. Each story contained two metaphors of each type. Our aim was to calculate the frequency of occurrence of metaphoric gestures with these metaphors …
Understanding perceptual change as a movement in literal and metaphorical sentences
Results of the studies on the way language and body coordinate in communication (through language and gesture) have significant implications for language, education, and cognitive studies. However, there is a lack of convenient research in this area analyzing perceptual changes within individuals. To fill this gap, we investigated the embodied realizations of literal sentences representing perceptual changes and metaphorical sentences describing …
Four Functions of Gesture in Promoting Thought Processes
Cognitive processes involved in metaphor aptness
This article looks at metaphor aptness from the perspective of the class-inclusion model of metaphor comprehension and those models that assume a componential nature for the meanings of concepts. When the metaphor X is a Y is processed, the concept of X is included in a metaphorical class that is represented by Y, which is usually the most typical member of the metaphorical class. Degree of saliency of the defining feature in the vehicle and the …
Why are Motions Effective in Describing Emotions
The domain of motion events is widely used to metaphorically describe abstract concepts, particularly emotional states. Why motion events are effective for describing abstract concepts is the question that this article intends to answer. In the literature of the field, several reasons have been suggested to be behind the suitability of motion events for describing these concepts, such as high concreteness of motion events, their high imageability…
Abstract metaphorical classes: A perspective from distributed models of conceptual representations
This article looks at the semantic space of abstract and concrete concepts from the perspective of distributed models of conceptual representations. It focuses on abstract metaphorical classes and the mechanisms through which these concepts are processed. When the metaphor X is a Y is understood, X is included in the abstract metaphorical class of Y. This metaphorical class is abstract because the most of semantic features of Y are filtered out t…
Why are Motions Effective in Describing Emotions
The domain of motion events is widely used to metaphorically describe abstract concepts, particularly emotional states. Why motion events are effective for describing abstract concepts is the question that this article intends to answer. In the literature of the field, several reasons have been suggested to be behind the suitability of motion events for describing these concepts, such as high concreteness of motion events, their high imageability…
Abstract metaphorical classes: A perspective from distributed models of conceptual representations
This article looks at the semantic space of abstract and concrete concepts from the perspective of distributed models of conceptual representations. It focuses on abstract metaphorical classes and the mechanisms through which these concepts are processed. When the metaphor X is a Y is understood, X is included in the abstract metaphorical class of Y. This metaphorical class is abstract because the most of semantic features of Y are filtered out t…
Cognitive processes involved in metaphor aptness
This article looks at metaphor aptness from the perspective of the class-inclusion model of metaphor comprehension and those models that assume a componential nature for the meanings of concepts. When the metaphor X is a Y is processed, the concept of X is included in a metaphorical class that is represented by Y, which is usually the most typical member of the metaphorical class. Degree of saliency of the defining feature in the vehicle and the …
Understanding perceptual change as a movement in literal and metaphorical sentences
Results of the studies on the way language and body coordinate in communication (through language and gesture) have significant implications for language, education, and cognitive studies. However, there is a lack of convenient research in this area analyzing perceptual changes within individuals. To fill this gap, we investigated the embodied realizations of literal sentences representing perceptual changes and metaphorical sentences describing …
Four Functions of Gesture in Promoting Thought Processes
Gestural Simulation of Motion Verbs
We aimed to investigate how the path of a motion verb is mentally simulated and realized in gestures when it is encoded in path-joined motion verbs (e.g., “enter the house”), path-disjoined motion verbs (e.g., “go into the house”), and pathless motion verbs (e.g., “walk in the street”). We conducted 2 studies to answer this question. In Study 1, we analyzed gestures produced by presenters in a set of YouTube videos. We used several chi-square tes…
Gestural embodiment of spatial schematic information in motion-based and static space-based metaphors
In this study, we examined the types of gestures that occurred with motion-based, static space-based, static object-based, and static event-based metaphors. A group of participants listened to three short stories and then retold them in front of a camera. The camera could record participants’ gestures. Each story contained two metaphors of each type. Our aim was to calculate the frequency of occurrence of metaphoric gestures with these metaphors …
Bodily events in metaphorical embodiment of stress relief
Embodiment and gestural realization of ergative verbs
Schematic Embodiment of Perseverance in Persian
Gestures Enhance Executive Functions for the Understating of Mathematical Concepts
Embodiment and Gestural Simulation of the Definite Article
In this study, we examined mental simulation and gestural embodiment of the definite article ( the ) by analyzing gestures produced by presenters talking about a variety of subjects. We used a Chi-square test to find out what type of gesture occurred more frequently with the definite article. The results showed that the number of pointing gestures that occurred with definite articles used before already-mentioned nouns was significantly higher th…
Risk Communication and Community Engagement in Mass Gathering: A Conceptual Framework
Dynamic Mathematical Processing Through Symbolic, Situational, and Verbal Representations
A qualitative study on the development of socially responsive nurses: A conceptual model based on faculty members and student perspectives
BACKGROUND: One of the approaches that has attracted the attention of planners in recent years in order to create a link between the learning of university graduates and the needs of society is the responsive education approach. It is clear that social accountability is not a spontaneous process; there is a need for planned education of students during their academic years and their active participation in social accountability programs. This qua…
How gestural simulation can enhance mental arithmetic operations
Metaphoric and Gestural Descriptions of Out-of-Body Experiences by Persian Subjects
The phenomena of out-of-body experience (OBE) and near-death experience (NDE) have attracted increasing research interest. In this study, we used a set of videos to examine verbal and gestural descriptions of a group of people talking about their OBE experiences. Two chi-square tests were used to find out what type of sentences and what type of gestures were more frequently used to describe normally-possible and normally-impossible OBE events. Th…
Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (11 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Computer Science (9 works) · Gesture (9 works) · Action Observation and Synchronization (8 works) · Artificial Intelligence (8 works) · Hearing Impairment and Communication (8 works) · Linguistics (7 works) · Cognitive psychology (6 works) · Communication (6 works)