Talking and thinking with our hands

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-39

  Goldin Meadow, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive load; Communication; Gesture; Instruction; Sign language

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645725025     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0963-7214.2006.00402.x     Document Type: Article

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