25. Gesti: output visivo nella nostra cognizione?

In questa puntata esploriamo il ruolo dei gesti nella comunicazione umana, approfondendo il campo dei gesture studies. Studi scientifici hanno infatti dimostrato che gesti e linguaggio verbale sono strettamente collegati, rappresentando due espressioni dello stesso processo cognitivo. Questo ha portato alcuni ricercatori a ipotizzare un’origine gestuale del linguaggio, suggerendo che la facoltà del linguaggio possa essersi evoluta proprio a partire dai gesti!

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