The use of gestures during" normal" speech production is well investigated and understood.
In contrast, little systematic research has been carried out to examine gesture behaviour …

Background: There is considerable disagreement in the literature concerning the function of
co‐verbal gesture. Studies of the relationship between speech and gesture have employed …

In most cultures, most of the time, when people talk they gesture. We took advantage of a
rare opportunity to explore the relation between the verbalization and gesticulation of motion …

Non-fluent aphasia is characterized by frequent word search and a much slower speech rate
than non-aphasic speech. For patients with this type of aphasia, communication with those …

Patients suffering from severe aphasia have to rely on non-verbal means of communication
to convey a message. However, to date it is not clear which patients are able to do so …

Purpose In this study, the authors investigated whether gesture, naming, and strategic
treatment improved the communication skills of 14 people with severe aphasia. Method All …

Background Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a neurodegenerative syndrome
characterized by progressive language deficits. The main variants of PPA–semantic …

The pervasiveness of word-finding difficulties in aphasia has motivated several theories
regarding management of the deficit and its effectiveness. Recently, the hypothesis was …

Purpose: Though the frequency of gesture use by infants has been related to the
development of different language abilities in the initial stages of language acquisition, less …

Purpose Slowed speech and interruptions to the flow of connected speech are common in
aphasia. These features are also observed during dual-task performance for neurotypical …