Although children learn more when teachers gesture, it is not clear how gesture supports
learning. Here, we sought to investigate the nature of the memory processes that underlie …

Analogical reasoning is an important, but difficult skill to develop. Here, we consider (1)
whether children's difficulty with analogical reasoning can be understood by measuring …

Brain anatomy is typically taught using static images. We asked participants to use their own
hands to represent the brain and perform gestures during learning. We measured learning …

Prior work examined how minimally verbal (MV) children with autism used their gestural
communication during social interactions. However, interactions are exchanges between …

To learn from others, children rely on cues (eg, familiarity, confidence) to infer who around
them will provide useful information. We extended this research to ask whether children will …

Gestures are movements of the hands that we naturally use when we speak, and they can
express information through their form and movement trajectory. Over the past three …

This narrative review assesses the effectiveness of hand gesture analogy teaching in clinical
medical education, addressing the growing demand for innovative pedagogical strategies …

The idea that people learn from sensorimotor experiences, whether through performing
actions themselves or observing others, has garnered increasing attention from researchers …

Abstract Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education is essential to the
economic growth, health, and progress of the modern world. One cognitive ability that …

The presence of gestures with visuospatial materials enhances the children's spatial
performance. Although it is an emergent context in online educational tools, no study so far …