Conceptualisation load triggers gesture production

Language and Cognitive Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 473-500

  Melinger, Alissa ^a   Kita, Sotaro ^b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GESTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINGUISTICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 34648829012     PISSN: 01690965     EISSN: 14640732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01690960600696916     Document Type: Article

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