The Efficacy of Gesture: Using Rhythm to Frame the Neurology of Affect in Communicative Body Movement

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Abstract

Gesture as a research construct appears to be useful, but there is a dearth of meaningful ways to categorize the nuances of movement. Recent neurology research indicates that an efficient way to explore expressive gesture is to reframe it within the larger paradigm of rhythm and affect. This paradigm shift may also help us explore and discuss emotional gesture expression in the field of rhetoric and forensics since it allows for more descriptive nuances.

Author

• Kenton Anderson, State University of New York, Buffalo