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What your hands are saying (even when you’re not thinking about it), with Lauren Gawne

2025/6/12
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Mignon Fogarty:我将与劳伦·高恩讨论手势,以及我们用手和其他身体部位做出的那些我们不假思索的动作。手势在交流中扮演着重要角色,我们会根据谈话对象调整手势,例如与合作者和竞争对手交流时,手势会有所不同。当人们意识到自己正在谈论手势时,他们会变得更加在意自己的手势。即使我们做手势是为了帮助我们与他人交流,但我们也在某种程度上为自己做手势,即使在没有观众的情况下也会做手势。 Lauren Gawne:手势在交流中扮演着重要角色,与语言共同创造意义。书写是相对较新的发明,而口语的历史要长得多,人类主要通过口语和肢体语言进行交流。我们会潜意识地思考如何有效地利用手势进行交流,与竞争对手交谈时,手势会更加微妙。心理学系可能比我们认为的更重视手势研究,但必须以特定的方式进行,一旦人们听到“手势”这个词,他们就会立刻关注自己的手。研究人员试图改变人们的手势方式,或者限制他们使用手势,以观察手势的缺失会带来什么影响。限制手势会降低说话的流畅性,手势与人际互动密切相关。目前还没有发现任何文化中没有人做手势,手势不是语法强制性的,因此存在个体差异。意大利人和西班牙人通常被认为比其他欧洲人更爱做手势,但研究表明,意大利人做手势的频率与德国人大致相同,差异在于手势的大小。手势是你如何社会化,你成长的语言,你所处的环境的体现。我们会无意识地思考我们的听众,听众越少,手势就越少。在视频通话中,人们主要关注对方的脸部,更少关注手势。这种行为可能与隐喻手势有关,即我们将概念和想法视为物理实体,我们倾向于将项目视为双手操作,将伟大的想法视为网球大小。手语在视觉模式下工作,在空间中保持谁在做什么方面具有优势,手语使用者更倾向于在空间中定位他们所谈论的人或事物,并在整个对话中保持这些位置。手势的语法性和固定性都较低,学习手语会以微妙的方式影响手势。

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Gestures are an integral part of human communication, often overlooked in favor of the spoken word. This chapter explores how gestures enhance communication, vary across cultures, and impact speech fluency.
  • Gestures are a crucial aspect of face-to-face communication, predating writing by hundreds of thousands of years.
  • Gestures vary depending on the audience; communication with collaborators involves larger, more detailed gestures than with competitors.
  • Removing gestures can negatively impact speech fluency, reducing sentence complexity and vocabulary access.
  • Gestures serve as a communication tool, helping to maintain interaction and convey meaning.

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  1. Your hands may be saying more than your words. Lauren Gawne explains how gestures shape communication, how they differ across cultures, and why removing gestures can make your speech less fluent.

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