Bill Acton's Embodiment Blog

Clip art: Clker Apparently it is the latter--when it comes to efficient learning in young children. In a remarkable study by Medina, Tr...

Probably the best model for understanding how haptic-integrated pronunciation work should work is Kolb's (1984) "experiential lear...

The nature of our memory for touch is apparently quite different from that of movement. The summary of the study linked above notes that, ...

One of the key principles of HIPoeces methodology is that, in a very real sense, instructors must learn the system   along with their studen...

An interesting distinction coming from the art world that captures something of what we attempt to achieve with haptic integration. In ...

This study by Swerdfeger (2009) investigates the impact of rhythm and "melody" on learning of haptic icons. Haptic icons are touch...

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An interesting piece by Bainbridge and O'Shea (2010) on integrating pronunciation instruction in communicative work. Although it is not ...

Not entirely sure what Bourdieu meant by "body hexis" yet, but I like it! And will unpack more of it in subsequent posts: " ....

This from Boleslavsky's 1933 book, "The actor is usually word shy and inarticulate.Often he does not know what he does or how he do...

Several posts have focused on the importance of engaging all senses and modalities for optimal efficiency in pronunciation work. Research in...

The paper linked above, by Adam Brown, does a nice job of identifying the typical gestures used in (even moderately kinesthetic) pronunciati...

Research in training athletes revealed long ago just how critical it is that learners are able focus on only "one task at a time,"...

Common sense tells us that if we engage our visual, auditory, kinesthetic and tactile neural hardware simultaneously, we should be able to l...

In a very relevant study, Khoshnoodi, M., Motiei-langroudi, R.,Omrani, M., Ghaderi-pakdell, F., and Abbassian, A. (2006) demonstrate the im...

Just received the following from Planaria Rice, " Arthur Lessac has just passed away. He was 101 and had just returned from Rijeka, Cro...

Here is a short description of the new training workshop that we are about to roll out this summer.  (Cost per participant will depend on h...

Although a bit "retro" at face value, the previous post on the impact of patterning on sign language memory access ( http://www.sc...

Turns out that perhaps being in a good mood is bad for working memory! None would  accuse your average pronunciation lesson of being overly ...

The research reported above examines the link between recall of words and signs in American Sign Language subjects. What was discovered was ...