Do the gestures that speakers produce while talking significantly benefit listeners'
comprehension of the message? This question has been the topic of many research studies …

Speech and gesture are two vital components of communication. Gesture itself provides an
external support to speech, potentially promoting comprehension of a spoken message. The …

Vocabulary acquisition represents a major challenge in foreign language learning.
Research has demonstrated that gestures accompanying speech have an impact on …

This chapter explores whether gestures play a role in language learning in adults. It exposes
adults to a brief training session presenting novel Japanese verbs with and without hand …

Gesturing is ubiquitous in communication and serves an important function for listeners, who
are able to glean meaningful information from the gestures they see. But gesturing also …

Abundant research has shown that encoding meaningful gesture, such as an iconic gesture,
enhances memory. This paper asked whether gesture needs to carry meaning to improve …

Everyday communication is accompanied by visual information from several sources,
including co‐speech gestures, which provide semantic information listeners use to help …

When people talk to each other, they often make arm and hand movements that accompany
what they say. These manual movements, called “co-speech gestures,” can convey meaning …

Although the positive effects of iconic gestures on word recall and comprehension by
children have been clearly established, less is known about the benefits of beat gestures …

The accuracy of information obtained in forensic interviews is critically important to credibility
in the legal system. Research has shown that the way interviewers frame questions …