Task-Specific Iconic Gesturing During Spoken Discourse in Aphasia.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

In persons living with aphasia, we will explore the relationship between iconic gesture production during spontaneous speech and discourse task, spoken language, and demographic information.

Method

Employing the AphasiaBank database, we coded iconic gestures in 75 speakers with aphasia during two spoken discourse tasks: a procedural narrative, which involved participants telling the experimenter how to make a sandwich ("Sandwich"), and a picture sequence narrative, which had participants describe the picture sequence to the experimenter ("Window"). Forty-three produced a gesture during both tasks, and we further evaluate data from this subgroup as a more direct comparison between tasks.

Results

More iconic gestures, at a higher rate, were produced during the p

SUBMITTER: Stark BC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9135014 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature