When speakers talk, they gesture. The goal of this review is to investigate the contribution
that these gestures make to how we communicate and think. Gesture can play a role in …

People move their hands as they talk–they gesture. Gesturing is a robust phenomenon,
found across cultures, ages, and tasks. Gesture is even found in individuals blind from birth …

Anyone sufficiently motivated to take an undergraduate or graduate course in this area
should find [in this book] a great deal to intrigue the imagination and stimulate further interest …

This landmark study examines the role of gestures in relation to speech and thought.
Leading scholars, including psychologists, linguists and anthropologists, offer state-of-the …

Using a consistent Skinnerian perspective, Behavior Analysis and Learning: A
Biobehavioral Approach, Sixth Edition provides an advanced introduction to the principles of …

Imagine a child who has never seen or heard any language at all. Would such a child be
able to invent a language on her own? Despite what one might guess, the children …

This book is the first comprehensive examination of the psychological development of deaf
children. Because the majority of young deaf children (especially those with non-signing …

This study explores the interplay between gestures and words in the early vocabularies of
12 normally developing Italian children at 16 and 20 months of age. Focusing on …

The aim of this article is to provide clinicians and researchers a comprehensive overview of
the development and functions of gesture in childhood and in select populations with …

This study explores the communicative use of the gestural and vocal modalities by normally
developing Italian children during the transition from one-to two-word speech. We analysed …