Method:  Gesture Analysis

We have performed different types of gesture analysis, primarily with complex, real-world tasks and participants (e.g., meteorologists talking about a forecast they just made).

Schunn, C. D., Saner, L. D., Kirschenbaum, S. K., Trafton, J. G., & Littleton, E. B. (in press). Complex visual data analysis, uncertainty, and representation. To appear in M. Lovett & Shah, P. (Eds.), Thinking with data.  PDF

Trafton, J. G., Trickett, S. B., Stitzlein, C. A., Saner, L., Schunn, C. D., & Kirschenbaum, S. S. (2006). The relationship between Spatial Transformations and Iconic Gestures Spatial Cognition and Computation. 6(1), 1-29. [Lead Article]  PDF

Stitzlein, C. A. Trickett, S. B.,  & Trafton, J. G. (2005).  Simple gesture analysis in narrative speech: Expert-novice differences.  The proceedings of the twenty-seventh annual conference of the cognitive science society.

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Greg Trafton

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