The use of hand gestures during communication is a naturally occurring phenomenon
thought to aid in cognitive processes such as language, memory, and learning. Co-speech …

The use of hand gestures during communication is a naturally occurring phenomenon
thought to aid in cognitive processes such as language, memory, and learning. Co-speech …

Purpose: In persons living with aphasia, we will explore the relationship between iconic
gesture production during spontaneous speech and discourse task, spoken language, and …

Abstract Language is multimodal, containing speech and gesture. Listeners must bind co-
occurring information from verbal and visual modalities to form an integrated representation …

Background: Gesture and its effects on speech production has been a topic of interest,
especially in studies of individuals with language impairment. Research on word retrieval in …

Purpose Real-world communication is situated in rich multimodal contexts, containing
speech and gesture. Speakers often convey unique information in gesture that is not present …

We model the role of demographic, neuropsychological and speech variables in
characterizing iconic gesture use in speakers with aphasia, especially gestures that …

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

Purpose: If language production is impaired, will gestures compensate? Evidence in favor of
this prediction has often been argued to come from aphasia, but it remains contested. Here …

Purpose When we speak, we gesture, and indeed, persons with aphasia gesture more
frequently. The reason (s) for this is still being investigated, spurring an increase in the …