Iconic gestures prime words: Comparison of Priming Effects when Gestures are Presented Alone and when They are Accompanying Speech

Iconic gestures prime words: Comparison of Priming Effects when Gestures are Presented Alone and when They are Accompanying Speech

Previous studies have shown that iconic gestures presented in an isolated manner prime visually presented semantically related words. Since gestures and speech are almost always produced together, this study examined whether iconic gestures accompanying speech would prime words and compared the pri...

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Main Authors: Wing Chee eSo, Alvan eLow, De Fu eYap, Eugene eKheng, Melvin eYap
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
language processing
speech comprehension
Cross-modal priming
iconic gestures
lexical decision
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00779/full

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