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Argyriou, Paraskevi; Mohr, Christine; Kita, Sotaro – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2017
Research suggests that speech-accompanying gestures influence cognitive processes, but it is not clear whether the gestural benefit is specific to the gesturing hand. Two experiments tested the "(right/left) hand-specificity" hypothesis for self-oriented functions of gestures: gestures with a particular hand enhance cognitive processes…
Descriptors: Handedness, Nonverbal Communication, Figurative Language, Cognitive Processes