"i see what you mean": Oral deaf individuals benefit from speaker's gesturing

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 612-639

  Vendrame, Mara ^a   Cutica, Ilaria ^a   Bucciarelli, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Discourse comprehension; Gestures; Learning; Mental models; Oral deafs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTURE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 77952915681     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: 14640635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541440903126030     Document Type: Article

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