Do speakers gesture to benefit their listeners? This study examined whether speakers use
gestures differently when those gestures have the potential to communicate and when they …

Gestures maintain spatial imagery Page 1 Gestures maintain spatial imagery RICHARD W’ESP,JENNIFER
HESSE, and DONNA KEL'TMANN East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania KAREN WI {EATON …

In numerous experimental contexts, gesturing has been shown to lighten a speaker's
cognitive load. However, in all of these experimental paradigms, the gestures have been …

This paper aims to determine whether iconic tracing gestures produced while speaking
constitute part of the speaker's communicative intention. We used a picture description task …

The purpose of this chapter is to discuss the speaker-internal motivation to produce
representational gestures. Consequently, the communicative aspects of gesture will be …

Do the gestures that speakers produce while talking significantly benefit listeners'
comprehension of the message? This question has been the topic of many research studies …

Do speakers use spontaneous gestures accompanying their speech for themselves or to
communicate their message to their addressees? Two experiments show that speakers …

Since listeners usually look at the speaker's face, gestural information has to be absorbed
through peripheral visual perception. In the literature, it has been suggested that listeners …

Hand gestures are ubiquitous in communication. However, there is considerable debate
regarding the fundamental role that gesture plays in communication and, subsequently …

Previous research has shown that iconic gestures are effective at communicating semantic
information, particularly about the size and relative position of objects. However, the …