David McNeill

David McNeill
Born1933 (age 90–91)
California, United States
Alma materA.B. and PhD in psychology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States; Center for Cognitive Studies, Harvard University
Known forScientific research into psycholinguistics; language, thought and gesture
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology
ThesisThe Development of Paradigmatic Word-Associations under Experimental Conditions (1962)
Doctoral advisorLeo Postman
Doctoral studentsJustine 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]

  1. ^ Staff (7 February 2007). "D. McNeill (nias)". Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS). Archived from the original on 8 September 2008. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  2. ^ Staff. "McNeill Lab Friends: Members Home: Professor David McNeill". University of Chicago, Department of Psychology. Retrieved 7 February 2010.