Book & podcast collection

Thinking with Your Hands: The Surprising Science Behind How Gestures Shape Our Thoughts

bySusan Goldin-Meadow

Cognitive psychologist Susan Goldin-Meadow reveals gesture as part of thinking itself, not merely decoration added to speech. Decades of experiments show that movements can express knowledge people cannot yet verbalize, lighten mental effort, support memory, expose bias, and predict when a learner is ready to understand. The book follows gestures in children, classrooms, conversations, and different cultures while explaining how teachers and communicators can use them. Goldin-Meadow demonstrates that minds extend into moving hands, changing how we understand language, learning, and the subtle coordination between bodies and ideas.

Publisher

Basic Books

Publication date

2023

Format

Print edition

Pages

272

ISBN

9781541600805