The patterns of speech-related (“coverbal”) gestures were investigated in two right-handed
aphasic patients, one (PA) with a primary deficit in pre-linguistic, conceptual processing and …

Background: Co-verbal gestures refer to hand or arm movements made during speaking.
Spoken language and gestures have been shown to be tightly integrated in human …

Background Human communication occurs through both verbal and visual/motoric
modalities. Simultaneous conversational speech and gesture occurs across all cultures and …

Effective communication in aphasia depends not only on use of preserved linguistic
capacities but also (and perhaps primarily) on the capacity to exploit alternative modalities of …

We welcome the lead article (Rose,) and congratulate Miranda Rose for raising important
issues for the utility of gesture and pantomime in the rehabilitation of people with aphasia …

This study examined the effects of aphasia and ideomotor apraxia on conversational
gesture. Participants included 8 neurologically normal control participants and 12 …

Background Gesticulation (gestures accompanying speech) and pantomime (gestures in the
absence of speech) can each be comprehensible. Little is known about the differences …

Background: Previous research has found that people with aphasia produce more
spontaneous iconic gesture than control participants, especially during word-finding …

Many clinicians agree that using gesture can be a helpful compensatory strategy in aphasia.
More contentious is whether or not gestures can cue speech. Some studies suggest that …

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 …