Psychology Seminar Invitation

We would like to invite you to the online seminar that will be held this Friday (November 11) at 14:40 as part of the psychology graduate seminar course. The talk will be held in English, and it is open to everyone who is interested in the topic. You can find the content of the talk and the Zoom link to the talk below:

Speaker: Dr. Demet Özer, Kadir Has University

Title: Multimodal Language: Cognitive and Contextual Correlates of Gesture Use and Processing

Abstract:

Human language faculty is a multimodal and situated phenomenon, including the exchange of several multimodal communicative cues such as co-speech iconic hand gestures, which are spontaneous hand movements that co-occur with the relevant speech segments and represent object attributes, events, and actions. My general area of research is on how speakers and listeners coordinate speech and co-speech gestures during communication and thinking, with a focus on the possible internal (i.e., individual variation in cognitive resources) and external (i.e., contextual factors) sources of variation in these processes. In this talk, I will present two lines of research: (1) gesture production: the role of communicative proficiency (e.g., in people with speech impairments, elderly individuals, and non-native speakers) on gesture use during speaking, and (2) gesture processing: the role of visual-spatial abilities and the complementary distribution of semantic information across speech vs. gesture on listeners’ multimodal language comprehension. In my talk, I will discuss that speakers and listeners employ gestures to a varying extent and for multiple purposes, which interact with individuals’ cognitive dispositions and the communicative value of the gestures. I will conclude the talk by discussing my short- and long-term agenda for future research.

Join Link: https://ozyegin-edu-tr.zoom.us/j/93222233984?pwd=TWV1RkQ0ZDFiR21qNVgzemdUdnlUUT09 

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