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David McNeill | |
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Born | 1933 (age 90–91) California, United States |
Alma mater | A.B. and PhD in psychology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States; Center for Cognitive Studies, Harvard University |
Known for | Scientific research into psycholinguistics; language, thought and gesture |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Psychology |
Thesis | The Development of Paradigmatic Word-Associations under Experimental Conditions (1962) |
Doctoral advisor | Leo Postman |
Doctoral students | Justine Cassell |
Glenn David McNeill (born 1933 in California, United States)[1] is an American psychologist and writer specializing in scientific research into psycholinguistics and especially the relationship of language to thought, and the gestures that accompany discourse.[2]