Several investigators, including speech–language pathologists have examined the
hypothesis that the production of a gesture can facilitate word retrieval, in healthy speakers …

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 …

Purpose When we speak, we gesture, and indeed, persons with aphasia gesture more
frequently. The reason (s) for this is still being investigated, spurring an increase in the …

Background: Gestures are spontaneous hand and arm movements that are part of everyday
communication. The roles of gestures in communication are disputed. Most agree that they …

Background: The background to this study is that aphasiologists have increasingly started to
pay attention not only to the speech that people with aphasia produce, but also to their …

As Rose discusses in the lead article, two camps can be identified in the field of gesture
research: those who believe that gesticulation enhances communication by providing extra …

The paper by Rose is an important and timely attempt to outline the implications of research
on gesture and speech for the treatment of aphasia. But this is not an easy task given that …

Background: Gestures are spontaneous hand and arm movements that frequently
accompany speech and play an important role in everyday communication. When …

Background: Two main conflicting positions exist concerning the relationship of gesture and
speech. The first claims that gesture and speech constitute a single bimodal production …

Purpose Coverbal gesture use, which is affected by the presence and degree of aphasia,
can be culturally specific. The purpose of this study was to compare gesture use among …