Susan Goldin-Meadow on How Gesture Influences Thought 1776 Language and Memory March 17, 2021 University of Chicago · Save Embed Cite Participate Susan Goldin-Meadow discusses how the gestures that speakers spontaneously produce as they talk are acts of the body and have the potential to influence learning in the same way that bodily action does. Susan Goldin-Meadow Lab Study Image courtesy of interviewee gesture