Susan Goldin-Meadow
Susan Goldin-Meadow · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Psychologist known for research on gesture and its role in language development.
1949
United States
Susan Goldin-Meadow is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Psychologist known for research on gesture and its role in language development.
Goldin-Meadow is a University of Chicago psychologist whose research showed that deaf children lacking language input spontaneously invent structured 'homesign' gesture systems, and that the gestures speakers make both reveal and shape thought and learning. Her work reframed how scientists understand the relationship between gesture, language and cognition. The public biographies reviewed here do not document her religious background; she appears in Jinfo's listing of Jewish figures in linguistics.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Linguistics
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Psychologist known for research on gesture and its role in language development.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Linguistics
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