The CEU Department of Cognitive Science and the Social Mind Center cordially invites you
to its talk by
Asli Özyurek <http://www.mpi.nl/people/ozyurek-asli> (Donders Institute and Center
for Language Studies Radboud University, Nijmegen; Max Planck Institute for
Psycholinguistics)
Date: Wednesday, January 24, 2018 - 17:00-18:30
Location: Department of Cognitive Science, CEU, Oktober 6 St. 7, room 101
How communicative intent modulates gesture and action: Implications for social interaction
and cultural transmission
Bodily actions may be used to directly act on the world around us (e.g., to open a jar),
or as a means of communication as in gestures- when the hands simulate opening a jar or
point to entities (real or absent). Probably as unique to our species both types of
actions can be modulated for communicative purposes and thus in relation to communicative
intent. I will present behavioral, neural and cross-cultural evidence specifically for
the role of kinematic modulation as well as eye gaze (i.e, ostensive signals) in
conveying communicative intent during both production and perception of gestures and
actions in various contexts (e.g., in absence or presence of language). I will also argue
that communicative modulation of actions and gestures plays a significant role especially
in facilitating social interaction and cultural transmission (i.e., language, world
knowledge).
We are looking forward to see you at the talk!
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http://cognitivescience.ceu.hu/events
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http://socialmind.ceu.edu/events
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