Constraining hand movements affects the processing of object-meaning, a finding which supports the theory of embodied cognition.
When people with language disorders such as aphasia speak, their communication partners are more likely to pay attention to the speaker's hand movements and gestures. Gestures, researchers say, may help supplement understanding of what is being verbally communicated.
Meaning Without Words: Gestures and Visual Animations Reveal Cognitive Origins of Linguistic Meaning
Gestures and visual animation assist in allowing us to understand the cognitive origins of linguistic meanings.
Researchers say Force Push will give users the ability to move distant objects using an approach for remote object manipulation in virtual reality.
A new study explores how children's use of gestures is connected to communication and language acquisition.
A new study investigates how babies learn to, and start to, speak.
A new study looks at how mother and infant chimpanzees communicate with each other.
Speech and gestures interact and that there is a strong relationship between them, a new study reports.
A new study reports it is easier to learn vocabulary if the brain can link the word with different sensory perceptions.
