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Direct linkSo, Wing Chee; Chen-Hui, Colin Sim; Wei-Shan, Julie Low – Language and Cognitive Processes, 2012
Abundant research has shown that encoding meaningful gesture, such as an iconic gesture, enhances memory. This paper asked whether gesture needs to carry meaning to improve memory recall by comparing the mnemonic effect of meaningful (i.e., iconic gestures) and nonmeaningful gestures (i.e., beat gestures). Beat gestures involve simple motoric…
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