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Interlude XXXI - The Speaking Body: Gesture Before Language
Before words shaped meaning, the human body was already speaking.
In this interlude of The Observable Unknown, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey examines the deep neurological and evolutionary roots of non-verbal communication, revealing how gesture, posture, and movement function as primary instruments of thought rather than mere accompaniments to language.
Drawing on cognitive psychology research by Susan Goldin-Meadow at the University of Chicago, the episode explores how hand gestures often carry knowledge that has not yet reached conscious articulation. Children, it turns out, frequently understand…
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