Do we really gesture more when it is more difficult?

Cognitive Science

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 643-664

  Sassenberg, Uta ^a   van der Meer, Elke ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Co speech gestures; Embodied cognition; Gesture production; Mental simulation; Route perspective

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955252318     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2010.01101.x     Document Type: Article

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