The effects of hand gestures on verbal recall as a function of high- and low-verbal-skill levels

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 137-147

  Frick Horbury, Donna ^a  

^a Lees McCrae College   (United States)

Author keywords

Gestures; Memory; Nonverbal communication; SAT; Verbal skill

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GESTURE; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; CUES; FEMALE; GESTURES; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0036545777     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: 19400888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221300209603134     Document Type: Article

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