This study asked whether:(1) adults process representational gesture and (2) gesture is
remembered over time. Forty-five college students (ages 22–38) were each randomly …

When people are asked to perform actions, they remember those actions better than if they
are asked to talk about the same actions. But when people talk, they often gesture with their …

Ageing has effects both on language and gestural communication skills. Although gesture
use is similar between younger and older adults, the use of representational gestures (eg …

Adults and children spontaneously produce gestures while they speak, and such gestures
appear to support and expand on the information communicated by the verbal channel. Little …

Gesture facilitates language production, but there is debate surrounding its exact role. It has
been argued that gestures lighten the load on verbal working memory (VWM; Goldin …

Abundant research has shown that encoding meaningful gesture, such as an iconic gesture,
enhances memory. This paper asked whether gesture needs to carry meaning to improve …

Gestures and their concurrent words are often said to be meaningfully related and co-
expressive. Research has shown that gestures and words are each particularly suited to …

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 …

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 …