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dc.contributor.authorPine, Karen
dc.contributor.authorReeves, L. M.
dc.contributor.authorHowlett, Neil
dc.contributor.authorFletcher, Ben
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-22T17:58:46Z
dc.date.available2013-01-22T17:58:46Z
dc.date.issued2013-02
dc.identifier.citationPine , K , Reeves , L M , Howlett , N & Fletcher , B 2013 , ' Giving cognition a helping hand : The effect of congruent gestures on object name retrieval ' , British Journal of Psychology , vol. 104 , no. 1 , pp. 57-68 . https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8295.2011.02098.x
dc.identifier.issn0007-1269
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-6502-9969/work/32402285
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2299/9763
dc.description.abstractThe gestures that accompany speech are more than just arbitrary hand movements or communicative devices. They are simulated actions that can both prime and facilitate speech and cognition. This study measured participants’ reaction times for naming degraded images of objects when simultaneously adopting a gesture that was either congruent with the target object, incongruent with it, and when not making any hand gesture. A within-subjects design was used, with participants (N= 122) naming 10 objects under each condition. Participants named the objects significantly faster when adopting a congruent gesture than when not gesturing at all. Adopting an incongruent gesture resulted in significantly slower naming times. The findings are discussed in the context of the intrapersonal cognitive and facilitatory effects of gestures and underline the relatedness between language, action, and cognition.en
dc.format.extent88629
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofBritish Journal of Psychology
dc.titleGiving cognition a helping hand : The effect of congruent gestures on object name retrievalen
dc.contributor.institutionDepartment of Psychology
dc.contributor.institutionHealth & Human Sciences Research Institute
dc.contributor.institutionPsychology
dc.contributor.institutionApplied and Practice-based Research
dc.contributor.institutionBehaviour Change in Health and Business
dc.contributor.institutionCentre for Research in Psychology and Sports
dc.contributor.institutionPublic Health and Applied Behaviour Change Laboratory
dc.contributor.institutionDepartment of Psychology, Sport and Geography
dc.contributor.institutionSchool of Life and Medical Sciences
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1111/j.2044-8295.2011.02098.x
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Review
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