The role of gesture in communication and cognition: Implications for understanding and treating neurogenic communication disorders

S Clough, MC Duff - Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2020 - frontiersin.org
When people talk, they gesture. Gesture is a fundamental component of language that
contributes meaningful and unique information to a spoken message and reflects the …

Discourse production in aphasia: A current review of theoretical and methodological challenges

A Linnik, R Bastiaanse, B Höhle - Aphasiology, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Discourse abilities play an important role in the assessment, classification, and
therapy outcome evaluation of people with aphasia. Discourse production in aphasia has …

The relationship of aphasia type and gesture production in people with aphasia

K Sekine, ML Rose - 2013 - ASHA
Purpose For many individuals with aphasia, gestures form a vital component of message
transfer and are the target of speech-language pathology intervention. What remains …

Gesture production patterns in aphasic discourse: In-depth description and preliminary predictions

K Sekine, ML Rose, AM Foster, MC Attard… - Aphasiology, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Gesture frequently accompanies speech in healthy speakers. For many
individuals with aphasia, gestures are a target of speech-language pathology intervention …

A coding system with independent annotations of gesture forms and functions during verbal communication: Development of a database of speech and gesture …

APH Kong, SP Law, CCY Kwan, C Lai… - Journal of nonverbal …, 2015 - Springer
Gestures are commonly used together with spoken language in human communication. One
major limitation of gesture investigations in the existing literature lies in the fact that the …

Part of the message comes in gesture: how people with aphasia convey information in different gesture types as compared with information in their speech

K van Nispen, M van de Sandt-Koenderman… - Aphasiology, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Studies have shown that the gestures produced by people with aphasia (PWA)
can convey information useful for their communication. However, the exact significance of …

Looking at gesture: the reciprocal influence between gesture and conversation

JT Tetnowski, JA Tetnowski, JS Damico - Journal of Communication …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction There is limited research in group communication treatment for people with
aphasia but existing studies report benefits of gesture to support conversation. Gesture …

Co-verbal gestures among speakers with aphasia: Influence of aphasia severity, linguistic and semantic skills, and hemiplegia on gesture employment in oral …

APH Kong, SP Law, WKC Wat, C Lai - Journal of communication disorders, 2015 - Elsevier
The use of co-verbal gestures is common in human communication and has been reported
to assist word retrieval and to facilitate verbal interactions. This study systematically …

Integrity and function of gestures in aphasia

N Akhavan, T Göksun, N Nozari - Aphasiology, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Gestures can provide an excellent natural alternative to verbal communication
in people with aphasia (PWA). However, despite numerous studies focusing on gesture …

Language and iconic gesture use in procedural discourse by speakers with aphasia

M Pritchard, L Dipper, G Morgan, N Cocks - Aphasiology, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Conveying instructions is an everyday use of language, and gestures are likely
to be a key feature of this. Although co-speech iconic gestures are tightly integrated with …