Communicative gestures facilitate problem solving for both communicators and recipients

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-63

  Lozano, Sandra C ^a   Tversky, Barbara ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Action learning; Communication; Embodied cognition; Gesture; Language

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646794982     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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