Gestures accompany speech and enrich human communication. When aphasia interferes
with verbal abilities, gestures become even more relevant, compensating for and/or …

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

Background: Gestures can provide an excellent natural alternative to verbal communication
in people with aphasia (PWA). However, despite numerous studies focusing on gesture …

Communicative gestures can compensate incomprehensibility of oral speech in severe
aphasia, but the brain damage that causes aphasia may also have an impact on the …

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

Purpose: In persons living with aphasia, we will explore the relationship between iconic
gesture production during spontaneous speech and discourse task, spoken language, and …

Background: Gesture is often used as a modality to promote recovery of communication in
aphasia, both as a compensation device and as a facilitator of language recovery. To date …

A tight coupling of language and motor processes has been established, which is consistent
with embodied cognition theory. However, very few therapies have been designed to exploit …

There is a rich tradition of research on the neuroanatomical correlates of spoken language
production in aphasia using constrained tasks (eg, picture naming), which offer controlled …

Background: Reports have indicated that gesture+ verbal treatments and semantic‐
phonologic treatments are effective for improving lexical retrieval in aphasia. Most studies …