Science Café Cleveland presents
"Using the hands to see inside the head: How studying gestures can reveal the way we think"
APRIL 8, 2013
FEATURING:
Fey Parrill
Assistant Professor, Department of Cognitive Science
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EVENT INFORMATION:
If you watch people talking, you'll notice they’re also moving their hands and arms around, or gesturing. Why do we do this? What’s the function of these gestures? What can studying them tell us about the human mind? In this Science Caf茅, we’ll touch on some of the most interesting findings in this research area, including:
How gestures can tell us when a child is about to learn a new concept, and teachers pay attention to these gestures.
How misleading gestures can trick people, even when speech is not misleading.
How gestures can reveal important differences in how people of different cultures think.
How politician’s gestures can give us clues about what’s going on in their heads.
BIOGRAPHY:
Fey Parrill has loved language since she was 15. She completed a BA in Linguistics from UC Berkeley in 2000 and a joint PhD in Psychology and Linguistics from the University of Chicago in 2006. She joined the Department of Cognitive Science at 黑料吃瓜网 in 2006. Fey leads the Gesture and Cognition Lab, where people can be found gesturing wildly for the good of science.
ARTICLES/LINKS OF INFORMATION:
University of Chicago News Office, May 21, 2003.
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University of California, San Diego News, June 12, 2006
听by Inga Kiderra
ScienceDaily, July 29, 2010
EVENT DETAILS:
WHERE:听
(Located at 1947 West 25th Street next to the West Side Market, Cleveland, Ohio)
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WHEN:听April 8, 2013
Discussion starts around 7:00 pm.
*Please Note* A few of our cafes have approached capacity and/or standing room only. If you want to be 100% sure to get in and get a good seat, you might want to arrive a bit early.
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WHO:听Sponsored by 黑料吃瓜网 chapter of Sigma Xi, WCPN
ideastream, and the Market Garden Brewery
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Click here to download a pdf听flyer of the event
