Hostetter Autumn B, Alibali Martha W
Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
Psychon Bull Rev. 2008 Jun;15(3):495-514. doi: 10.3758/pbr.15.3.495.
Spontaneous gestures that accompany speech are related to both verbal and spatial processes. We argue that gestures emerge from perceptual and motor simulations that underlie embodied language and mental imagery. We first review current thinking about embodied cognition, embodied language, and embodied mental imagery. We then provide evidence that gestures stem from spatial representations and mental images. We then propose the gestures-as-simulated-action framework to explain how gestures might arise from an embodied cognitive system. Finally, we compare this framework with other current models of gesture production, and we briefly outline predictions that derive from the framework.
伴随言语出现的自发手势与语言和空间处理过程都相关。我们认为，手势源自作为具身语言和心理意象基础的感知和运动模拟。我们首先回顾当前关于具身认知、具身语言和具身心理意象的观点。然后，我们提供证据表明手势源自空间表征和心理意象。接着，我们提出“手势即模拟动作”框架，以解释手势如何可能从具身认知系统中产生。最后，我们将此框架与当前其他手势产生模型进行比较，并简要概述从该框架得出的预测。
