Multimodality in VR: A survey

D Martin, S Malpica, D Gutierrez, B Masia… - ACM Computing …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Virtual reality (VR) is rapidly growing, with the potential to change the way we create and
consume content. In VR, users integrate multimodal sensory information they receive to …

The role of iconic gestures in speech comprehension: An overview of various methodologies

KG Kandana Arachchige, I Simoes Loureiro… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Iconic gesture-speech integration is a relatively recent field of investigation with numerous
researchers studying its various aspects. The results obtained are just as diverse. The …

Hand gestures as visual prosody: BOLD responses to audio–visual alignment are modulated by the communicative nature of the stimuli

E Biau, LM Fernández, H Holle, C Avila, S Soto-Faraco - Neuroimage, 2016 - Elsevier
During public addresses, speakers accompany their discourse with spontaneous hand
gestures (beats) that are tightly synchronized with the prosodic contour of the discourse. It …

The EEG and fMRI signatures of neural integration: An investigation of meaningful gestures and corresponding speech

Y He, H Gebhardt, M Steines, G Sammer, T Kircher… - Neuropsychologia, 2015 - Elsevier
One of the key features of human interpersonal communication is our ability to integrate
information communicated by speech and accompanying gestures. However, it is still not …

TMS reveals dynamic interaction between inferior frontal gyrus and posterior middle temporal gyrus in gesture-speech semantic integration

W Zhao, Y Li, Y Du - Journal of Neuroscience, 2021 - Soc Neuroscience
Semantic processing is an amodal process with modality-specific information integrated in
supramodal “convergence zones” or “semantic hub” with executive mechanisms that tailor …

Speaker's hand gestures modulate speech perception through phase resetting of ongoing neural oscillations

E Biau, M Torralba, L Fuentemilla… - Cortex, 2015 - Elsevier
Speakers often accompany speech with spontaneous beat gestures in natural spoken
communication. These gestures are usually aligned with lexical stress and can modulate the …

Left motor δ oscillations reflect asynchrony detection in multisensory speech perception

E Biau, BG Schultz, TC Gunter… - Journal of Neuroscience, 2022 - Soc Neuroscience
During multisensory speech perception, slow δ oscillations (∼ 1–3 Hz) in the listener9s
brain synchronize with the speech signal, likely engaging in speech signal decomposition …

Multimodal language processing: How preceding discourse constrains gesture interpretation and affects gesture integration when gestures do not synchronise with …

I Fritz, S Kita, J Littlemore, A Krott - Journal of Memory and Language, 2021 - Elsevier
Previous studies have suggested that a co-speech gesture needs to be synchronous with
semantically related speech (semantic affiliates) for its successful semantic integration into a …

A speaker's gesture style can affect language comprehension: ERP evidence from gesture-speech integration

C Obermeier, SD Kelly, TC Gunter - Social cognitive and …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
In face-to-face communication, speech is typically enriched by gestures. Clearly, not all
people gesture in the same way, and the present study explores whether such individual …

Motion capture-based animated characters for the study of speech–gesture integration

J Nirme, M Haake, A Gulz, M Gullberg - Behavior research methods, 2020 - Springer
Digitally animated characters are promising tools in research studying how we integrate
information from speech and visual sources such as gestures because they allow specific …