In 2 experiments, a novel experimental paradigm investigated how spatial attention is
distributed across a talker's face during auditory-visual speech discourse processing. Dots …

When comprehending speech-in-noise (SiN), younger and older adults benefit from seeing
the speaker's mouth, ie visible speech. Younger adults additionally benefit from manual …

In past studies, different kinds of gestures have shown different developmental trajectories,
with iconic gestures being acquired after words and other gestures before. Similarly, when …

This study investigated the impact of age on iconic gesture and speech integration. The
performance of a group of older adults (60–76 years) and a group of younger adults (22–30 …

Co-speech hand gestures are a type of multimodal input that has received relatively little
attention in the context of second language learning. The present study explored the role …

Auditory–visual (AV) speech enhances speech perception and facilitates auditory
processing, as measured by event-related brain potentials (ERPs). Considering a …

Hand gestures facilitate memory processes, both for newly learned material and for material
that is already understood. Gestures facilitate working memory in the moment in which they …

Much of what we know about age-related differences in individuals' behaviors and opinions
is based on self-reports obtained from older and younger respondents. Unfortunately, self …

Gesture production and perception have a strong impact on speech perception and social-
communicative functioning. Consequently, we created the 'Brief Assessment of …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is two‐fold: to investigate virtual agent representational
characteristics (modality, interaction style, animation, realism, embodiment, and gender) …