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Mind in Motion: Understanding How Action Shapes Thoughts feat. Barbara Tversky
Is Venice east or west of Naples? Our perception of an environment is often influenced by how we categorize things by proximity. Often, we associate words with the way humans think, but we tend to overlook actions and movements. Language is important, but pictures are better remembered than words. In this episode, Stanford Professor and member of the governing board of the International Union of Psychological Science, Barbara Tversky discusses how gestures, motion, scenes, and events become the foundation for our thoughts and ideas. She discusses how spatial thinking underpins how maps are…
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