Co-speech hand gestures are an ubiquitous form of nonverbal communication, which can
express additional information that is not present in speech. Hand gestures may become …

Background Co-speech gestures are part of nonverbal communication during
conversations. They either support the verbal message or provide the interlocutor with …

Background Co-speech gestures are omnipresent and a crucial element of human
interaction by facilitating language comprehension. However, it is unclear whether gestures …

Purpose To study the independence of gesture and verbal language production. The
authors assessed whether gesture can be semantically compensatory in cases of verbal …

The role of nonverbal communication in patients with post-stroke language impairment
(aphasia) is not yet fully understood. This study investigated how aphasic patients perceive …

Background: Gestures are spontaneous hand and arm movements that are part of everyday
communication. The roles of gestures in communication are disputed. Most agree that they …

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 …

Gesture can convey information co-occurring with and in the absence of speech. As such, it
seems a useful strategy for people with aphasia (PWA) to compensate for their impaired …

Purpose: Adults with aphasia gesture more than adults without aphasia. However, less is
known about the role of gesture in different discourse contexts for individuals with different …

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 …