Neue Erkenntnisse deuten darauf hin, dass Sprecher, die „Ähm“, „Ah“ und Korrekturen verwenden, durchweg als weniger kompetent eingestuft werden als diejenigen, die fließend sprechen. Aber das Vorhandensein von Handgesten, unabhängig von ihrer Art oder Häufigkeit, scheint diese negative Wahrnehmung nicht zu mildern.
Confident gestures fail to mask the uncertainty signaled by speech disfluencies
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Confident gestures fail to mask the uncertainty signaled by speech disfluencies
New research published in the journal Cognitive Science provides evidence that the fluidity of a person’s speech influences how knowledgeable they appear to others. **The findings indicate that speakers who use “ums,” “ahs,” and corrections are consistently rated as less knowledgeable than those who speak fluently. But the presence of hand gestures, regardless of their type or frequency, does not appear to mitigate this negative perception.**
For those interested, here’s the link to the peer reviewed journal article:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cogs.70144
It is absolutely worth burning out ‘um’, ‘ha’ , the inappropriate ‘like’ and ‘y’know’ in your speech. It makes you come across and confident and capable and persuasive which helps in your personal and professional life
So your saying people are quick to judge rather than take the time to empethetically understand what meaning someone is trying to convey?
Otherwise speakers could be talking mindless dribble fluently thinking they are knowledgable which is just crazy.
Is there a tldr on what kind of gestures one might expect to mitigate this? I normally perceive gesticulation as a nervous/anxious impulse and wouldn’t thinks they would convey the idea that the speaker is more knowledgable.
„like“ at the beginning of a sentence „you know“ in the middle with „right“ at the end of every sentence with „uuuum“ and „aaaah“ mixed throughout and again „like“ used a million times have made some podcasts really painful to listen to. It feels as though there is a constant interruption. Always a much better listen when those words are avoided as much as can be.
When I was in year 4 or 5 we used to play the um game. We had to get up and talk about anything we wanted to, but if we said um ah or anything like that then the rest of the class would yell UHM! like a buzzer going off. Taught me to speak without using those.
Just give a pause when trying to think, it actually gives what you are saying gravitas instead of sounding stupid.