Graphic Books Can Convey Meaning

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Graphic books are multimodal, using words, gestures and intonation pauses to convey meaning. We're so used to learning from words that we become blind to the ways in which graphic books use them. Graphic books can also carry music, smells or symbols such as a cup of water being passed between two people.

My guest today is acclaimed psychologist and longtime Stanford University professor Barbara Tversky who calls on her nearly 50 years in the field of cognitive psychology for an in-depth discussion about how our minds work.

We discuss the Nine Laws of Cognition, why action shapes thought, how the language we use changes what we think, tactics to communicate better on Zoom, why she dove into the work of Leonardo da Vinci, when to use charts and when to avoid them, the importance of perspective taking, learned knowledge vs. earned knowledge, and so much more.

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