… arm and hand gestures during word retrieval difficulties in people with aphasia. Second,
the study aimed to investigate the types of gestures that are produced during word retrieval …

… hand gesture as one such “device” or modality in the repertoire of communication tools of
people with aphasia… individuals with aphasia are utilizing gesture during word retrieval pauses …

… Exploring gestures in aphasia may further illuminate their role… of gestures in the conversation
of participants with aphasia (… role of gesture by determining whether gestures particularly …

… aphasia secondary to left hemisphere stroke is word retrieval deficits. The source of breakdown
leading to word retrieval … In semantic dysfunction, both word comprehension and retrieval …

… gesture treatments for aphasic verb retrieval deficits. As both verbs and arm/hand gestures
represent movement concepts, gesture … Past research into word retrieval and production has …

… of gestures seemed to benefit English-speaking PWA’s word retrieval in both single-word …
suggested PWA’s gesture use play a critical role in facilitating word finding. Using transcripts …

… “unknown” aphasia were included in this study due to their obvious word-finding difficulties
in … To examine the relationship between gesture production and degree of word retrieval …

… gestures, and disturbed speech to disturbed gestures. Without an account of why gestures
should be elicited by word-finding … , since gestures facilitate word-finding, aphasic speakers …

… word finding, specifically when additional (spatial) information is needed to prime and access
a word… was defined very broadly as a purposeful, symbolic hand signal, purposeful pointing…

… hand signs, especially on those enhanced through word-… In this study, we investigated whether
observing gestures exert its … -lasting recovery of word retrieval deficits in aphasic patients. …