When speakers talk, they gesture. The goal of this review is to investigate the contribution
that these gestures make to how we communicate and think. Gesture can play a role in …

People move their hands as they talk–they gesture. Gesturing is a robust phenomenon,
found across cultures, ages, and tasks. Gesture is even found in individuals blind from birth …

When people talk, they gesture. We now know that these gestures are associated with
learning—they can index moments of cognitive instability and reflect thoughts not yet found …

The gestures children use when they talk often reveal knowledge that they do not express in
speech. Gesture is particularly likely to reveal these unspoken thoughts when children are …

When people talk, they move their hands—they gesture. Although these movements might
appear to be meaningless hand waving, in fact they convey substantive information that is …

Many nonverbal behaviors—smiling, blushing, shrugging—reveal our emotions. One
nonverbal behavior, gesturing, exposes our thoughts. This book explores how we move our …

When people talk, they gesture, and those gestures often reveal information that cannot be
found in speech. Learners are no exception. A learner's gestures can index moments of …

Gesturing is such an integral yet unconscious part of communication that we are mostly
oblivious to it. But if you observe anyone in conversation, you are likely to see his or her …

People of all ages, cultures and backgrounds gesture when they speak. These hand
movements are so natural and pervasive that researchers across many fields–from …

This chapter traces the burgeoning field of developmental gesture studies and examines the
emergence of gestures as visible utterances, adult responses to children's gestures, and the …