[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] What is functional communication? A theoretical framework for real-world communication applied to aphasia rehabilitation

WJ Doedens, L Meteyard - Neuropsychology Review, 2022 - Springer
Aphasia is an impairment of language caused by acquired brain damage such as stroke or
traumatic brain injury, that affects a person's ability to communicate effectively. The aim of …

Aging, gesture production, and disfluency in speech: A comparison of younger and older adults

B Arslan, T Göksun - Cognitive Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Communicative effectiveness of pantomime gesture in people with aphasia

ML Rose, Z Mok, K Sekine - International Journal of Language …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background Human communication occurs through both verbal and visual/motoric
modalities. Simultaneous conversational speech and gesture occurs across all cultures and …

[HTML][HTML] Production and comprehension of pantomimes used to depict objects

K van Nispen, WME van de Sandt-Koenderman… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Pantomime, gesture in absence of speech, has no conventional meaning. Nevertheless,
individuals seem to be able to produce pantomimes and derive meaning from pantomimes …

[HTML][HTML] Prosody in the hands of the speaker

B Guellaï, A Langus, M Nespor - Frontiers in Psychology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
In everyday life, speech is accompanied by gestures. In the present study, two experiments
tested the possibility that spontaneous gestures accompanying speech carry prosodic …

The language–gesture connection: Evidence from aphasia

L Dipper, M Pritchard, G Morgan… - Clinical Linguistics & …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
A significant body of evidence from cross-linguistic and developmental studies converges to
suggest that co-speech iconic gesture mirrors language. This paper aims to identify whether …