APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Gesture and Meta-Ignorance: What Young Children’s Use of Flip Gestures Tells Us about What They Don’t Know
- Deborah Bartz
Harvard University - Meredith Rowe
Harvard University - Susan Goldin-Meadow
University of Chicago - Paul Harris
Harvard University
Abstract
This poster examines children’s early expressions of meta-ignorance via flip gestures. The contextual use of 64 children’s flip gestures (hold two hands palm up out to the side to communicate “I don’t know”) from 14 to 42 months is presented. Results suggest children express meta-ignorance in gesture prior to speech.
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