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 …

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 …

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 For many individuals with aphasia, gestures form a vital component of message
transfer and are the target of speech-language pathology intervention. What remains …

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

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 …

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 …

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

Purpose People with aphasia (PWA) face significant challenges in verbally expressing their
communicative intentions. Different types of gestures are produced spontaneously by PWA …

Introduction Co-verbal gestures can facilitate word production among persons with aphasia
(PWA)(Rose, Douglas, & Matyas, 2002) and play a communicative role for PWA to convey …