Understanding gesture: Is the listener's motor system involved?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 195-204

  Ping, Raedy M ^a   Goldin Meadow, Susan ^a   Beilock, Sian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Embodiment; Gesture; Gesture understanding; Motor simulation; Sentence comprehension

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH; YOUNG ADULT;

COMMUNICATION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SPEECH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891636187     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032246     Document Type: Article

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