Observing co-speech gestures in conversations

It’s very appealing to think that if you know some tipps and tricks about body language, that you can become an expert and have some secret knowledge about the people around you (…) but it’s not rooted in any scientific research at all. – Jennifer Gerwing, SFP #60

The dialogue that comes out is something that both people have a part in. And so, by learning things through microanalysis we learn more about how we do this together. – Sara Healing, SFP #60

 

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Pay attention to conversations around you and observe how hand gestures, facial expressions, and gaze add to the speech.

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Jennifer Gerwing & Sara Healing invite us to this challenge in episode 62 In Interaction: Debunking Myths of Communication of the SIMPLY FOCUS podcast. You can listen to the full podcast here >>. For the challenge of the week please go to minute 38:28.