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JOURNAL OF NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR
Volume 35, Issue 2, Pages 155-171Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10919-010-0101-2
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Representational gesture; Pointing gesture; Memory; Preschool children; Bodily movement; Speech
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This study investigated the effects of two different types of hand gestures on memory recall of preschool children. Experiment 1 found that children who were instructed to use representational gestures while retelling an unfamiliar story retrieved more information about the story than children who were asked to hold their hands still. In addition, children who engaged in some forms of bodily movements other than hand gestures also recalled better. Experiment 2 showed that a simpler and more basic form of gesture, the pointing gesture, had a similar effect on recollecting and retelling the details of a story. The findings provide evidence for the beneficial effects of hand gestures, both representational gestures and pointing gestures, on cognitive processes such as memory retrieval and verbal communication for preschool aged children.
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