The relation between language and thought is a far from resolved question in both
linguistics and cognitive science. A language disorder like aphasia can shed light on this …

During face‐to‐face conversation, transitions between speaker turns are incredibly fast.
These fast turn exchanges seem to involve next speakers predicting upcoming semantic …

In face-to-face communication, the unfolding speech signal, which carries phonological,
syntactic, semantic, and discourse information, is accompanied by a multiplex of cues that …

Listeners are able to extract important linguistic information by viewing the talker's face—a
process known as “speechreading.” Previous studies of speechreading present small closed …

Speakers in all cultures and ages use gestures as they speak (ie, cospeech gestures). There
have been different views in the literature with regard to whether and how a specific type of …

This study addresses the use of co-speech gestures in informal face-to-face interaction
involving persons with and without aphasia (language disorder caused by acquired brain …

An important property of visual speech (movements of the lips and mouth) is that it generally
begins before auditory speech. Research using brain-based paradigms has demonstrated …

The contribution of a visual source of contextual information to speech perception was
measured in 12 listeners with aphasia. The three experimental conditions were: Visual-Only …

Iconic gestures are spontaneous hand movements that illustrate certain contents of speech
and, as such, are an important part of face-to-face communication. This experiment targets …

Emerging evidence from neuroimaging and neuropsychology suggests that human speech
comprehension engages two types of neurocognitive processes: a distributed bilateral …