Dr. Ingrid Vilà-Giménez contributed to two presentations:

(a) Potser presentation: She presented preliminary findings from a collaborative project with Dr. Thomas Castelain on multimodal training with non-referential gestures, exploring its effects on children’s argumentative abilities.

Vilà-Giménez, I., Geladó, S., Prieto, P., & Castelain, T. (2025, July 9-11). Explaining with hands: The influence of observing vs. producing non-referential gestures on children's argumentative abilities. 10th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies (ISGS). Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

(b) Oral presentation: She also took part in a symposium organized by Dr. Spencer Kelly (Colgate University), Exploring the Cognitive and Emotional Functions of Co-speech Gesture, where she co-presented a study investigating the cognitive and emotional effects of character-viewpoint gestures on adults’ comprehension, recall, emotion perception, and engagement during storytelling.

Li, J., Prieto, P., & Vilà-Giménez, I. (2025, July 9-11). Exploring the Impact of Character Viewpoint Gestures on Narrative Recall, Comprehension, and Perception of Emotion and Engagement in Adults. In S. Kelly, Exploring the Cognitive and Emotional Functions of Co-speech Gesture . 10th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies (ISGS). Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

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