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Gesticulation helps the speaker as well. A recent thesis (unpublished) in my graduate program examined the effect of allowing a lecturer to move around and gest
by aggie 14y ago
Gesticulation helps the speaker as well. A recent thesis (unpublished) in my graduate program examined the effect of allowing a lecturer to move around and gesticulate vs. sitting still at a microphone. There were positive effects both in the viewer seeing the movement (not surprising) and, more interestingly, the lecture recorded with movement was better (subjective rating, comprehension) even when the viewer could not see the speaker.
- colinwinter 14y agoVery interesting, sounds similar to Amy Cuddy talking about body language affecting our mind/behavior. http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are.html http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes... Will you post more (the thesis) when it becomes available?
- aw3c2 14y agoIf you can, please post the published paper to HN! It sounds very interesting and public speaking stuff seems always appreciated here.
- DirtyMonkey 14y agoI ran a similar, although not so scientific experiment a few years ago. I tried to pick up girls in clubs with and without gestures when I was talking to them. This was over a one month period. The actual numbers are classified, but gestures won.
- cms07 14y agoI don't think 1 to 0 is really a reliable result.