Sotaro Kita
@sotarokita.bsky.social
Born and raised in Japan. Lived in the US, and the Netherlands. Now, I am teaching psychology in a British university. https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/psych/people/skita/skita
We analzyed to what extent gestures have "crisp" vs. "sloppy" handshapes. Crips handshapes indicate a discrete (finite) set of handshapes used in the communication system.
July 14, 2025 at 8:23 AM
We analzyed to what extent gestures have "crisp" vs. "sloppy" handshapes. Crips handshapes indicate a discrete (finite) set of handshapes used in the communication system.
Our new paper on our ability to judge iconicity (similarity) between information in different modalities. People interpret iconicity in speech and hand gesture using the same general-purpose modality‑independent process. <https://tinyurl.com/2y3775nf>
May 17, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Our new paper on our ability to judge iconicity (similarity) between information in different modalities. People interpret iconicity in speech and hand gesture using the same general-purpose modality‑independent process. <https://tinyurl.com/2y3775nf>
Our new paper on seeds of language-like generativity in bird vocal communication. Pied babblers can interpret a novel sequence of calls in a compositional way, just as humans can understand a sentence we have never heard before. <https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10.1098/rspb.2024.0922>
January 15, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Our new paper on seeds of language-like generativity in bird vocal communication. Pied babblers can interpret a novel sequence of calls in a compositional way, just as humans can understand a sentence we have never heard before. <https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10.1098/rspb.2024.0922>
Our new paper by my PhD student Kirsty Green
@KirstGreen on iconic gestures produced by infants. Infants are not just imitating their parent's gestures, but they often use interactional materials from preceding contexts to create iconic gestures. tinyurl.com/5n8afnjc
January 15, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Our new paper by my PhD student Kirsty Green
@KirstGreen on iconic gestures produced by infants. Infants are not just imitating their parent's gestures, but they often use interactional materials from preceding contexts to create iconic gestures. tinyurl.com/5n8afnjc
Our new paper <https://tinyurl.com/mr8fj7nm> showed that (orally trained) Deaf and hard of hearing people can detect bouba-kiki sound symbolism, but their performance is worse when their tongue movement was suppressed. This provide evidence for articulatory basis for sound symbolism.
January 15, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Our new paper <https://tinyurl.com/mr8fj7nm> showed that (orally trained) Deaf and hard of hearing people can detect bouba-kiki sound symbolism, but their performance is worse when their tongue movement was suppressed. This provide evidence for articulatory basis for sound symbolism.