Gestures represent an integral aspect of interpersonal communication, and they are closely
linked with language and thought. Brain regions for language processing overlap with those …

Viewing hand gestures during face‐to‐face communication affects speech perception and
comprehension. Despite the visible role played by gesture in social interactions, relatively …

Recipients process information from speech and co-speech gestures, but it is currently
unknown how this processing is influenced by the presence of other important social cues …

Everyday communication is accompanied by visual information from several sources,
including co‐speech gestures, which provide semantic information listeners use to help …

Recent research suggests that the brain routinely binds together information from gesture
and speech. However, most of this research focused on the integration of representational …

Gestures are an important part of human communication. However, little is known about the
neural correlates of gestures accompanying speech comprehension. The goal of this study …

When people talk to each other, they often make arm and hand movements that accompany
what they say. These manual movements, called “co-speech gestures,” can convey meaning …

During public addresses, speakers accompany their discourse with spontaneous hand
gestures (beats) that are tightly synchronized with the prosodic contour of the discourse. It …

Speech-accompanying gestures constitute one information channel during communication.
Some have argued that processing gestures engages the brain regions that support …

Gestures are an integral part of in-person conversations and complement the meaning of the
speech they accompany. The neural processing of co-speech gestures is supported by a …