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Gestures as embodied cognition

A neurodevelopmental interpretation

Bibliographic Data

ID12824596
AuthorsMarcel Kinsbourne (corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume6
Issue2
Pages205-214
Publication date2006-10-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueGesture (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1568-1475 • E-ISSN: 1569-9773
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/gest.6.2.05kin
OpenAlexW2042790062
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited1

Fundamental dimensions of behavior include approach, withdrawal, domination, submission, indicating and dearousing maneuvers. Generically, approach involves flexion at many joints, withdrawal involves extension. Dominating involves moving upwards, submitting involves moving downwards. Indicating involves pointing. Repetitive meaningless motions control anxiety. These movement patterns are found in behaviorally simple animals, and in young infants, except for pointing, which emerges in babies at about 11 months of age. When human adults express thoughts that have directional attributes in fact or in metaphor, co-occurring gestures are likely to have corresponding characteristics that are observed early in neuromotor development

Action (physics · Aesthetics · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Control (management · Developmental psychology · Embodied cognition · Gesture · Linguistics · Metaphor · Movement (music · Action Observation and Synchronization · Child and Animal Learning Development · Communication · Computer Science · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Neuroscience · Philosophy · Psychology · Artificial Intelligence

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Unique citing works6
Citations per year0,35
Citation span2009 - 2026 (18)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 6

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