January 7, 2011

Gesturing while talking helps change your thoughts, study finds

May 10, 2007

Chicago in the News

January 19, 2006

Susan Goldin-Meadow named the Beardsley Ruml Distinguished Service Professor

May 26, 2005

[Susan Goldin-Meadow] elected as a fellow of American academy

February 17, 2005

Gesture offers 'second approach to problem at hand' in math classes

February 15, 2005

Teaching math two ways at the same time boosts learning

In the news

March 4, 2004

Study shows speech and gesture differ in their communication sequences

February 15, 2004

Adults and children develop gestures that mimic language

December 11, 2003

In the news

May 29, 2003

Susan Goldin-Meadow, the Irving B. Harris professor in psychology, human development, the college

The Llewellyn John & Harriet Manchester Quantrell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

May 21, 2003

Students use hand signals to show teachers they are ready to learn:
Teachers respond to the subtle gestures without realizing

July 11, 2002

National Institutes of Health awards Center for Early Childhood Research grant that supports exploration of language development

November 30, 2001

Gesturing aids thinking, memory

In the news

November 6, 2001

University of Chicago Researchers Find Gesturing Facilitates Thinking

September 20, 2001

[Susan Goldin-Meadow] receives distinguished, named chair

April 27, 2000

[Susan Goldin-Meadow] receive 2000 Guggenheim fellowships

March 16, 2000

In the news

February 28, 2000

Gestures make big difference in what students gain from mathematics lessons, University of Chicago research shows

March 18, 1999

In the news

December 10, 1998

Psychology professor discovers gesturing is integral to speaking

October 19, 1998

Unversity of Chicago Researchers find that blind children use gestures just as sighted people do

January 22, 1998

Research reveals innate ability to learn language

January 14, 1998

University of Chicago research shows that language learning is resilient


March 30, 2006

Gestures help learning


August 5, 2004

Hand gestures may expand, express unspoken thoughts

July 28, 2004

Hands-on language: Gestures speak volumes

November 27, 1998

Gestures aren't just for the listeners, Study shows

January 15, 1998

Deaf kids raised apart create similar gestures brain might process words in orderly way


November 25, 2003

Talking with hands more important than we think

November 15, 2001

Talking with your hands could boost your brain

November 19, 1998

Kids born with talent for talking with hands Blind children gesture in the same way sighted kids do


February 19, 2009

A Handwaving Approach to Arithmetic
Audioversion

February 19, 2004

The origins of language


February 18, 2006

Soldiers get crash courses on gestures


February 12, 2009

When Toddlers Point a Lot, More Words Will Follow


February 12, 2009

Pointing Can Boost Toddlers' Language Skills, says Researchers


May 12, 2010

Gestures Can Mislead Children


February 1, 2010

Abstract Thoughts? The Body Takes Them Literally


February 7, 2011

Without language, numbers make no sense

February 18, 2006

Hand waving boosts mathematics learning


March 15, 1999

Talking from hand to mouth


May 1, 2007

Primate Gestures May Be Clue to Human Language


4 November 2007

"Gesturing Helps Grade-Schoolers Solve Math Problems"


February 12, 2009

Babies Who Gesture Have Bigger Vocabularies: Study


September 23, 2010

Hands in the Air: How Gesturing Helps Us To Think


February 12, 2009

Kids' Gestures Foretell Better Vocabularies


February 4, 2005

Hand gestures point to deeper meanings that speech doesn't quite cover


February 13, 2009

"Gesture effect" points to head start for toddlers


Voice America Talk Radio Network

Your Life is in Your Hands


November 14, 2003

Gesturing as you talk can take a load off your mind


6 August 2007

Gestures Convey Message: Learning in Progress


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