Paige 76 why would our most advanced ideas appear…
Paige 76 why would our most advanced ideas appear in our gestures before surfacing in our speech? Researchers speculate, that gesture helps give shape to an incipient notion, still forming in our minds. At a moment, when we cannot quite put words into a concept, we're struggling to comprehend, we can still move our hands in a way that captures some aspect of our emerging understanding. We may then be able to use the experience of making and seeing our own gestures to help us locate the appropriate language.
— from The Instruments (Awareness/Perception/Expectations) · Extended mind by Anne Murphy paul