Abstract The Gesture as Simulated Action (GSA) framework was proposed to explain how
gestures arise from embodied simulations of the motor and perceptual states that occur …

The Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning is an authoritative
handbook dealing with all aspects of this increasingly important field of study. It has been …

This review describes the primary strategies used to express changes in conceptual
viewpoint (Parrill, 2012) in co-speech gesture and sign language. We describe the use of …

Theories of grounded and embodied cognition posit that situated actions are central
constituents in cognitive processes. We investigate whether grounding actions influence …

Gestures have been shown to play a key role in mathematical reasoning and to be an
indicator that mathematical understanding is embodied–inherently linked to action …

This study interrogates the contributions of multi-party, whole-body interactions to students'
collaboration and negotiation of mathematics ideas in a task setting called walking scale …

This article discusses perspective and frame of reference in the metaphorical description of
mathematical concepts in terms of motions, gestures, and embodied actions. When a …

In 2 experiments, college students read a 4-paragraph text on how the human circulatory
system works and were instructed to form a mental image of the events described in each …

Balance Board Math (BBM) is a new balance-based interface for math instruction. BBM
integrates disparate work on embodied cognition and on sensory regulation to offer learners …

We present exploratory analyses of three cases in which groups of four (quartets) worked
with video recordings of choreographed performances from the opening ceremony of the …