Spencer Kelly

👉 New paper in Brain and Language: self-oriented pointing and labeling shapes visual processing in non-additive ways (ERP evidence). Inspired by Japanese shisa kankō (“point-and-call”). @GestureSociety Free-access link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1mkjs,28iJqU…

In an era of AI translation, why bother learning another language? We explore that question in Colgate’s Research Magazine: @colgateuniv news.colgate.edu/researchmagazi…

👉 Job Alert: We're hiring a Lab Manager for the Brain Recording & Cognitive Science Lab at @colgateuniv! Great opportunity for recent grads looking for research experience before grad school. Know someone? Please share! careers.colgate.edu/postings/6336

@LinBian_ @ahbailey04 @PNASNews @yihanqian001 @UChicago @UChicagoSSD @UChicagoNews I 'm going to share this paper with my senior thesis student who is interested in the function of metaphoric gestures when talking about neurodiversity. I'm really happy that April drew my attention to it! Hope we get s chance to meet some time.

@sdk_lab @ahbailey04 @PNASNews @yihanqian001 @UChicago @UChicagoSSD @UChicagoNews Thank you Spencer! We will present this work at SRCD, and would love to join ISGS if possible.

📢New paper in @PNASNews, led by my amazing student @yihanqian001 found that placing two hands at the same height (an EQUAL gesture) mitigates gender stereotypes @UChicago @UChicagoSSD @UChicagoNews pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

@ahbailey04 @LinBian_ @PNASNews @yihanqian001 @UChicago @UChicagoSSD @UChicagoNews Thanks, April. Nice study! It's exciting to see more work investigating the emotional function of co-speech gesture. @LinBian_, did you submit your work to gesturestudies.com/isgs-2025

@LinBian_ @PNASNews @yihanqian001 @UChicago @UChicagoSSD @UChicagoNews Such a cool finding Lin! a fascinating application of gesture did you see this work from your advisor @sdk_lab ? super interesting

Do gestures change the meaning of speech? (8 second mark) youtube.com/watch?v=WvRHx8…

👉 Colgate University is hiring for a tenure-track position in cognitive science/neuroscience—perfect for those passionate about both research and teaching. Apply here: jobs.chronicle.com/job/37701677/t…

@ahbailey04 @colgateuniv @cogsci_soc Inside joke!

@sdk_lab @colgateuniv @cogsci_soc October *13th* 🙈

👉 @colgateuniv is hiring for a tenure-stream position in (human) cognitive psychology. If you know of candidates who care equally about research and teaching, please encourage them to apply by October 13. apply.interfolio.com/132575 #AcademicJobs #HigherEdJobs @cogsci_soc

I confess, I sort of like an earnest #ZoomWave. @GestureSociety: Does anyone have any non-anecdotal data on how its prevalence changed during and since COVID? 👋

This may be first direct test that 🙌 & 🗣️ movements can be rapidly and stably linked in motor memory. Result have implications for evolutionary ties between hands & mouths, co-speech gesture facilitation of communication, & contextual based motor learning. + Nice figures. 🥳🍾

@jmsdewit @JohnHMcWhorter @colgateuniv Nice to hear from you, Jan. It's hard to believe that your doctoral defense was just last year. I hope you are enjoying life as a new assistant professor. Maybe I'll see you the next time I'm in the Netherlands.

@sdk_lab @JohnHMcWhorter @colgateuniv Thank you for this! I am running a session on creating a safe space at university and this would be incredibly valuable to include

Academic freedom and free expression can thrive through care and understanding on campus. A heartfelt thank you to @JohnHMcWhorter for working with us to make this visit to @colgateuniv a big success. #AcademicFreedom #HigherEducation

@IILearning @abenitezburraco Glad you find it useful! Feel free to contact me or @QuangAnhTranNgo with any questions or comments.

@abenitezburraco Wow! Just doing some research on this. This is extremely helpful.

Exploring the emotional functions of co-speech hand gesture in language and communication onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/to…

🙏I know that other @GestureSociety researchers are interested in bridging emotion and cognition, so I'm excited to see where this goes!

Nice write up of some interesting work on language and social categories by @ahbailey04. I feel luck to have worked with April on her senior thesis at @colgateuniv! Language of the Common Man | Colgate Magazine news.colgate.edu/magazine/2022/…

👋! @colgateuniv's Brain Recording & Cognitive Science Lab is hiring a Lab Manager. Past RAs have gone on to PhD programs, so if you any know undergrads on that track, send them our way. @GestureSociety @jneurolang @VSSMtg @CogCompNeuro @cogsci_soc careers.colgate.edu/postings/4934

@ShinerRebecca Thanks, Rebecca!

@sdk_lab Congrats on finishing your term, @sdk_lab !

I just want to thank my Board for all their hard work these past years! ISGS is such a great society because our members care so much.

@ozyurek_a @sotarokita @GestureSociety SGM + DM!

İ owe a lot in my career to these two @sdk_lab @sotarokita ıntegrated interfaced speech and gesture theories - all started when we were in graduate school @univchicago @GestureSociety conference #isgschicago