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Chu, Mingyuan, Meyer, Antje, Foulkes, Lucy and Kita, Sotaro (2014) Individual differences in frequency and saliency of speech-accompanying gestures : the role of cognitive abilities and empathy. Journal of experimental psychology : general, Volume 143 (Number 2). pp. 694-709. doi:10.1037/a0033861 ISSN 0096-3445.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0033861
Abstract
The present study concerns individual differences in gesture production. We used correlational and multiple regression analyses to examine the relationship between individuals’ cognitive abilities and empathy levels and their gesture frequency and saliency. We chose predictor variables according to experimental evidence of the functions of gesture in speech production and communication. We examined 3 types of gestures: representational gestures, conduit gestures, and palm-revealing gestures. Higher frequency of representational gestures was related to poorer visual and spatial working memory, spatial transformation ability, and conceptualization ability; higher frequency of conduit gestures was related to poorer visual working memory, conceptualization ability, and higher levels of empathy; and higher frequency of palm-revealing gestures was related to higher levels of empathy. The saliency of all gestures was positively related to level of empathy. These results demonstrate that cognitive abilities and empathy levels are related to individual differences in gesture frequency and saliency.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Gesture, Cognition, Short-term memory, Empathy | ||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of experimental psychology : general | ||||||||||
Publisher: | American Psychological Association | ||||||||||
ISSN: | 0096-3445 | ||||||||||
Official Date: | April 2014 | ||||||||||
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Volume: | Volume 143 | ||||||||||
Number: | Number 2 | ||||||||||
Number of Pages: | 15 | ||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 694-709 | ||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1037/a0033861 | ||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 28 December 2015 | ||||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 28 December 2015 | ||||||||||
Funder: | Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC) | ||||||||||
Grant number: | RES-062-23-2002 (ESRC) |
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