Talk by hand - You are doing the right thing

(Insights) - Deep studies show that when we wave our hands and feet, it also brings cognitive benefits.

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Using gestures was more than enough. Right? A natural wave of waving but at the right time can shed light on an idea without a compliment, or need not point out a hidden problem for a slow-to-understand friend. They use gestures to help listeners keep up with what we say, and make them more friendly.

But on the other hand, when we are speaking by hand, word play becomes confusing - sometimes gestures seem nothing but clarification and impression. We waved our hands and feet while making phone calls, in the dark, and even when we were talking to ourselves. It is like a blind man waving his hands and feet to blind people.

Improve memory

Moreover, it may be an explanation related to the perception of why some people use more gestures than others. Consider a study related to awareness by scientists from the University of Illinois.

They recruited 50 college students to perform some tests. Some tests study the ability to use vocabulary, while other tests exploit the verbal working memory - the ability to hold, translate, and edit words in memory , related to short-term memory. After that, students watch a series of short films Tom and Jerry, each of them will describe the recent acts of hoaxing in the film. The result is? Students who have less working memory (although they are not people with poor vocabulary) tend to use gestures more often when retelling the clip.

Why is there a link between memory and gesture ? An interesting hypothesis (though still looming, unclear) suggests that the gesture of memory release works. Give a statement that requires 'thinking before speaking' (which is what scientists call it the process of organizing information we want to say in proper structure, words, sounds).

Gestures help us organize thoughts, maybe by 'breaking up into arrays' or helping put them into a block so that handling is easier. When you plan to say something difficult, the gesture promotes its effectiveness. Gestures give us time to find words in memory, help avoid grammatical errors, or simply reassemble words to be as eloquent as what we want. This hypothesis offers an interesting explanation, why humans scold more hands and feet when having trouble speaking, and why people with short-term working memory often express in gestures more to compensate.

Gestures and brain

But if gestures are helpful, why don't we do it all the time? We cannot use it in a regular way. Instead we should treat natural gestures as a support tool. If you abuse it, the information when spoken will be pushed away, unnoticed.

However, it cannot be said that, therefore, we cannot train ourselves to have appropriate and varied gestures. A study has shown, asking children to use gestures while explaining how they solve problems will help them learn new ways to solve problems. However, it does not bring similar benefits to adults.