hand gestures and mathiness!

[aesc]

Hee! I came across this last night, and it's great!

Gestures Convey Message: Learning in Progress
Children who talk with their hands do better at math

Neuroscientists have found, for example, that the part of the brain that controls hand movements is often active when people are doing math problems. "As though you're counting fingers," Glenberg said.

[Washington Post article]

This explains a lot, and means there were probably a lot of little kids getting smacked in Rodney's first-grade class. And what a terribly cute mental picture that is, too.



May have to do a Hands of Enthusiastic Explanation picspam, because apparently research has also shown that teachers who incorporate gestures into lecture/explanation are more effective.

ETA: And, as tx_tart points out, the potential to be really, really hot :>

Comments

[the-oscar-cat.livejournal.com]

the worst thing is when i do it with the hand that's not holding the phone to my ear! Though actually that research kind of explains why that might happen. cool. :)

"I just explained the hell out of gate power requirements."

AND somehow made orange fleece hot. impressive. ;)

[aesc.livejournal.com]

AND somehow made orange fleece hot. impressive. ;)

Yes! Perhaps there is some corellation between expansiveness of hand gestures, genius, and hotness :D

[the-oscar-cat.livejournal.com]

Exactly!

i think you also need to factor in 'wearing not realising he is hot' because that's an important part of it. no one puts on orange fleece and goes 'oh yeah! all the ladies are going to want me!'

[aesc.livejournal.com]

no one puts on orange fleece and goes 'oh yeah! all the ladies are going to want me!'

*snuggles him*