The pervasiveness of word-finding difficulties in aphasia has motivated several theories
regarding management of the deficit and its effectiveness. Recently, the hypothesis was …

Recent studies have shown that action observation treatment without concomitant verbal
cue has a positive impact on the recovery of verb retrieval deficits in aphasic patients. In …

Background: Reports have indicated that gesture+ verbal treatments and semantic‐
phonologic treatments are effective for improving lexical retrieval in aphasia. Most studies …

Links between verbs and gesture knowledge suggest that verb retrieval may be particularly
amenable to gesture+ verbal training (GVT) in aphasia compared to noun retrieval. This …

Background: There is considerable disagreement in the literature concerning the function of
co‐verbal gesture. Studies of the relationship between speech and gesture have employed …

Background: Previous research has suggested that semantic plus gesture treatments are
effective for aphasic noun retrieval deficits. However, there is a paucity of evidence …

Background and Objectives. A tight link between linguistic functions and activation of motor
areas has been consistently reported, indicating that the 2 systems share functional neural …

Gestures accompany speech and enrich human communication. When aphasia interferes
with verbal abilities, gestures become even more relevant, compensating for and/or …

Background: Gestures can provide an excellent natural alternative to verbal communication
in people with aphasia (PWA). However, despite numerous studies focusing on gesture …

Background: Gestures are spontaneous hand and arm movements that are part of everyday
communication. The roles of gestures in communication are disputed. Most agree that they …