In normal conversation speakers accompany speech with simple hand and body
movements that are typically associated with prosodic heads and edges (Loehr, 2012) …

The cognitive benefits of co-speech gestures have been widely described (eg, McNeill,
1992; Goldin-Meadow, 2003). The increase in word recall has been highlighted as one of …

Although the positive effects of iconic gestures on word recall and comprehension by
children have been clearly established, less is known about the benefits of beat gestures …

Though the positive effects of iconic gestures on word recall and comprehension by children
have been clearly established, less is known about the benefits of beat gestures (rhythmic …

Although research has shown that adults can benefit from the presence of beat gestures in
word recall tasks, studies have failed to conclusively generalize these findings to preschool …

Researchers have shown that in human communication, gestures and speech are tightly
integrated at the phonological (ie, temporal), and semanticopragmatic levels (eg, McNeill …

Previous research has shown that gestures are beneficial for language learning. This
doctoral thesis centers on the effects of beat gestures–ie, hand and arm gestures that are …

Research has shown that beat gestures are temporally integrated with speech (eg, Krahmer
& Swerts, 2007) and facilitate information recall (eg, So et al., 2012; Igualada et al., 2014) …

Although research has shown that adults can benefit from the presence of beat gestures in
word recall tasks, studies have failed to conclusively generalize these findings to preschool …

Previous evidence suggests that children's mastery of prosodic modulations to signal the
informational status of discourse referents emerges quite late in development. In the present …