
Yan Gu
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Yan Gu
@Yan__Gu
I am a linguist. Interested in gestures, metaphors, prosody, bilinguals, time and space, cross-cultural differences and child language acquisition








'Gesture links language and cognition for spoken and signed languages', a Review by Sotaro Kita (@sotarokita) & Karen Emmorey (@kemmorey1) Web: go.nature.com/43ndREG PDF: rdcu.be/dcYMl


Our review paper “Efficacy of culturally adapted interventions for common mental disorders in people of Chinese descent: a systematic review and meta-analysis” is now out @TheLancetPsych ! @UCLPALS sciencedirect.com/science/articl…







@mamus_ezgi If our conceptual representations develop from sensory experiences then blind & sighted ppl may have diff representations. Using elicited silent gesture Blind ppl produce fewer gestures for non-manipulable & animals (but not for manipulable objects). #MMSYM2023






