Iconic gesture and speech integration in younger and older adults

This study investigated the impact of age on iconic gesture and speech integration. The performance of a group of older adults (60–76 years) and a group of younger adults (22–30 years) were compared on a task which required the comprehension of information presented in 3 different conditions: verbal...

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Main Authors: Cocks, Naomi, Morgan, G., Kita, S.
Format: Journal Article
Published: John Benjamins Publishing Company 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34899
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description This study investigated the impact of age on iconic gesture and speech integration. The performance of a group of older adults (60–76 years) and a group of younger adults (22–30 years) were compared on a task which required the comprehension of information presented in 3 different conditions: verbal only, gesture only, and verbal and gesture combined. The older adults in the study did not benefit as much from multi-modal input as the younger adults and were more likely to ignore gesture when decoding the multi-modal information
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-348992018-03-29T09:08:37Z Iconic gesture and speech integration in younger and older adults Cocks, Naomi Morgan, G. Kita, S. This study investigated the impact of age on iconic gesture and speech integration. The performance of a group of older adults (60–76 years) and a group of younger adults (22–30 years) were compared on a task which required the comprehension of information presented in 3 different conditions: verbal only, gesture only, and verbal and gesture combined. The older adults in the study did not benefit as much from multi-modal input as the younger adults and were more likely to ignore gesture when decoding the multi-modal information 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34899 10.1075/gest.11.1.02coc John Benjamins Publishing Company restricted
spellingShingle Cocks, Naomi
Morgan, G.
Kita, S.
Iconic gesture and speech integration in younger and older adults
title Iconic gesture and speech integration in younger and older adults
title_full Iconic gesture and speech integration in younger and older adults
title_fullStr Iconic gesture and speech integration in younger and older adults
title_full_unstemmed Iconic gesture and speech integration in younger and older adults
title_short Iconic gesture and speech integration in younger and older adults
title_sort iconic gesture and speech integration in younger and older adults
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34899