Purpose When we speak, we gesture, and indeed, persons with aphasia gesture more
frequently. The reason (s) for this is still being investigated, spurring an increase in the …

This is an exciting time in the quest to understand the role of gesture in human
communication. The special context of aphasia for the study of the interplay between …

Background: Gesture frequently accompanies speech in healthy speakers. For many
individuals with aphasia, gestures are a target of speech-language pathology intervention …

Background: The background to this study is that aphasiologists have increasingly started to
pay attention not only to the speech that people with aphasia produce, but also to their …

Background: The study of communicative gestures is one of considerable interest for
aphasia, in relation to theory, diagnosis, and treatment. Significant limitations currently …

Background: Two main conflicting positions exist concerning the relationship of gesture and
speech. The first claims that gesture and speech constitute a single bimodal production …

Purpose: In persons living with aphasia, we will explore the relationship between iconic
gesture production during spontaneous speech and discourse task, spoken language, and …

The use of co-verbal gestures is common in human communication and has been reported
to assist word retrieval and to facilitate verbal interactions. This study systematically …

Conversation is important in everyday life and this importance is not diminished in aphasia.
Context parameters such as topic and partner are known to influence the linguistic content of …

This project extended over a long period of time, and bears the influence of many people
who have been associated with various aspects of it. I can name but a few of them here …