Previous research has demonstrated a link between language and action in the brain. The
present study investigates the strength of this neural relationship by focusing on a potential …

Gesture is an integral part of children's communicative repertoire. However, little is known
about the neurobiology of speech and gesture integration in the developing brain. We …

Respondents, who had either seen or not seen a sample of the iconic gestures that
encoders produce when narrating a story, answered questions about the original story and it …

Abstract [Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported in Vol 143 (2) of Journal
of Experimental Psychology: General (see record 2014-11241-001). The link to the …

Background: Over the past decades the links between gesture and language have become
intensively studied. For example, the emergence of requesting and commenting gestures …

Most researchers assign one of two roles for speech-focused gestures: they are
communicative in nature and are intended by the encoder to be used by the decoder, or they …

Summarizes research on structure of gesture produced in absence of speech. Finds that
gestures of both hearing individuals who have been asked not to speak and deaf individuals …

The present review explores the integrated relationship between gesture and speech during
language comprehension. Taking a broad view, it presents a conceptual framework that …

We studied how gesture use changes with culture, age and increased spoken language
competence. A picture-naming task was presented to British (N= 80) and Finnish (N= 41) …

A structured communication sampling procedure was used to measure the form and function
characteristics of intentional communication acts produced by nonverbal adults with severe …