Gestures, but not meaningless movements, lighten working memory load when explaining math
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Working memory for meaningless manual gestures.
Effects on working memory performance relating to item similarity have been linked to prior categorisation of representations in long-term memory. However, there is evidence from gesture processing that this link may not be obligatory. The present study investigated whether working memory for incidentally generated meaningless manual gestures is influenced by formational similarity and whether ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Language and Cognitive Processes
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0169-0965,1464-0732
DOI: 10.1080/01690965.2011.567074