Words in action: Using gestures to improve verb learning in primary school children

Gesture

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 46-69

  De Nooijer, Jacqueline A ^a   Van Gog, Tamara ^a   Paas, Fred ^a   Zwaan, Rolf A ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Embodied cognition; Gestures; Motor action; Word learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926454279     PISSN: 15681475     EISSN: 15699773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/gest.14.1.03noo     Document Type: Article

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