For the first time it has been shown that a brief training session with rhythmic gestures has immediate benefits for narrative discourse in children of 5 and 6 years of age. Gesture is an inherent ...

Gesture is an integral part of language development. Recent studies carried out by the same authors in collaboration with other members of the Prosodic Studies Group (GrEP) coordinated by Pilar Prieto ...

A study led by researchers at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) has shown that aids such as gestures and the rhythmic and melodic aspects of speech - prosody - are key to helping these ...

Developmental language disorder (DLD) affects around two children in each class. It hinders their acquisition and use of language, even if they do not have other auditory, intellectual or neurological ...

Do we listen with our eyes? A behavioural study is the first to suggest that the simple, rhythmic hand movements people often make while speaking affect fundamental aspects of how their words are ...

Gesture is an inherent part of human communication and speakers of all ages tend to gesticulate when they speak. In children, gesture acquires special importance, since it is an important precursor ...