Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Eskandari, Zahra"

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    • Embodiment of infinity in mathematics 

      Khatin-Zadeh, Omid; Farsani, Danyal; Eskandari, Zahra (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
      In this article, we discuss the embodiment of infinity as one of fundamental concepts in mathematics. In contrast to the embodiment of many other mathematical concepts, the embodiment of infinity is an endless dynamic ...

    • Gestural Embodiment of Intensifiers in Iconic, Metaphoric, and Beat Gestures 

      Khatin-Zadeh, Omid; Farsani, Danyal; Hu, Jiehui; Eskandari, Zahra; Banaruee, Hassan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      This study aimed to examine the gestural embodiment of intensifiers in iconic and metaphoric gestures when these words are used with literal and metaphoric statements. We asked a group of Persian native speakers to listen ...

    • Gestural embodiment of spatial schematic information in motion-based and static space-based metaphors 

      Khatin-Zadeh, Omid; Farsani, Danyal; Eskandari, Zahra; Li, Shan; Banaruee, Hassan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      In this study, we examined the types of gestures that occurred with motion-based, static space-based, static object-based, and static event-based metaphors. A group of participants listened to three short stories and then ...

    • The Impact of Manner Adverb on the Gestural Embodiment of Actions Described by Literal and Metaphoric Sentences 

      Khatin-Zadeh, Omid; Farsani, Danyal; Hu, Jiehui; Eskandari, Zahra; Banaruee, Hassan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The aim of this study was to examine the impact of manner adverbs on the gestural embodiment of actions that are described by literal and metaphoric sentences. We asked a group of participants to read and then orally retell ...

    • A Review of Studies Supporting Metaphorical Embodiment 

      Khatin-Zadeh, Omid; Farsani, Danyal; Jiehui, Hu; Eskandari, Zahra; Yanjiao, Zhu; Banaruee, Hassan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      This paper presents a review of studies that have provided evidence supporting metaphorical embodiment. These studies are divided into three categories of behavioral, neuroimaging, and corpus studies. After summing up the ...

    • The role of mathematical metaphors and gestures in the understanding of abstract mathematical concepts 

      Khatin-Zadeh, Omid; Eskandari, Zahra; Farsani, Danyal (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      When a new mathematical idea is presented to students in terms of abstract mathematical symbols, they may have difficulty to grasp it. This difficulty arises because abstract mathematical symbols do not directly refer to ...

    • The roles of motion, gesture, and embodied action in the processing of mathematical concepts 

      Khatin-Zadeh, Omid; Asadipour Farsani, Danyal; Eskandari, Zahra; Marmolejo-Ramos, Fernando (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      This article discusses perspective and frame of reference in the metaphorical description of mathematical concepts in terms of motions, gestures, and embodied actions. When a mathematical concept is described metaphorically ...

    • Understanding perceptual change as a movement in literal and metaphorical sentences 

      Khatin-Zadeh, Omid; Eskandari, Zahra; Banaruee, Hassan; Seckel Santis, María José; Asadipour Farsani, Danyal (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Results of the studies on the way language and body coordinate in communication (through language and gesture) have significant implications for language, education, and cognitive studies. However, there is a lack of ...