Research shows that appropriate gestures, either discrete or continuous, substantially enhance speechreading performance and that inappropriate gestures reduce speechreading performance. (Author/KW)

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Based on an M.A. degree submitted to McMaster University, England.

Twenty-seven 4-month-old infants heard a repetitive auditory rhythm, then viewed silent film of puppet opening/closing its mouth, either in the familiar rhythm or a novel rhythm. Results showed infants exposed to the novel condition watched the film longer than infants shown the familiar condition, providing evidence for auditory-visual transfer…

Judges who were either experienced or inexperienced in listening to deaf speakers were asked to recognize speech sounds in word contexts presented in two modes: auditory only and auditory-visual. The experienced and inexperienced listener groups performed similarly. (Author/SEW)

Stabilization of the retinal image of the boundary between a pair of red/green or yellow/blue stripes, but not their outer edges, results in the entire region being perceived simultaneously as both red/green or yellow/blue. This suggests that the percepts of reddish-green/yellowish-blue apparently are possible in corticocortical color vision…

Effectiveness of reinforcing an alternative response combined with extinction was demonstrated in two mentally retarded children who exhibited high-rate hand stereoptics. (CL)