Gesturing makes memories that last

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 465-475

  Cook, Susan Wagner ^a   Yip, Terina KuangYi ^b   Goldin Meadow, Susan ^b  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Action memory; Free recall; Gesture; Memory; Subject performed tasks

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049254823     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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