Age‐related changes are observed in the speech and gestures of neurotypical individuals.
Older adults are more disfluent in speech and use fewer representational gestures (eg …

This chapter focuses on all four categories of co-speech gesture such as iconic, metaphoric,
deictic, and beat. It reviews the impact of aging on general language and cognitive abilities …

Background Ageing refers to the natural and physiological changes that individuals
experience over the years. This process also involves modifications in terms of …

Gestures and speech have different expressive capabilities. When narrating an
autobiographical memory, gesturing may reduce the cognitive load of verbal reporting …