The presence of complementary information across multiple sensory or motor modalities
during learning, referred to as multimodal enrichment, can markedly benefit learning …

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 …

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 …

People with aphasia (PWA) present with language deficits including word retrieval
difficulties after brain damage. Language learning is an essential life-long human capacity …

Purpose: The purpose of this article was to explore the extent to which nonlinguistic
cognitive factors demonstrate a relationship with aphasia treatment outcomes. To that end …

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 …

There is ample agreement in the scientific literature, across diverse areas of study, that
suggests that language and movement are interrelated. In particular, it is widely held that the …

Communicative gestures can compensate incomprehensibility of oral speech in severe
aphasia, but the brain damage that causes aphasia may also have an impact on the …

Purpose The present article aimed to inform clinical practice on whether people with
aphasia (PWA) deploy pantomime techniques similarly to participants without brain damage …

For patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC), accurate assessment of residual
consciousness levels and cognitive abilities is critical for developing appropriate …