Sekine, Kazuki, Sowden, Hannah and Kita, Sotaro (2015) The development of the ability to semantically integrate information in speech and iconic gesture in comprehension. Cognitive Science, 39 (8). pp. 1855-1880. doi:10.1111/cogs.12221 ISSN 0364-0213.
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Abstract
We examined whether children's ability to integrate speech and gesture follows the pattern of a broader developmental shift between 3- and 5-year-olds (Ramscar & Gitcho, 2007) regarding the ability to process two pieces of information simultaneously. In Experiment 1, 3-year-olds, 5-year-olds and adults were presented with either an iconic gesture or a spoken senten¬ce or a combination of the two on a computer screen, and were instructed to select a photograph that best matched the message. 3-year-olds did not integrate information in speech and gesture, but 5-year-olds and adults did. In Experiment 2, 3-year-olds were presented with the same speech and gesture as in Experiment 1 that were produced live by an experimenter. When presented live, 3-year-olds could integrate speech and gesture. We concluded that development of the integration ability is a part of the broader developmental shift; however, live-presentation facilitates the nascent integration ability in 3-year-olds.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Speech and gesture, Preschool children, Semantics, Language acquisition |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Cognitive Science |
| Publisher: | Psychology Press |
| ISSN: | 0364-0213 |
| Official Date: | November 2015 |
| Dates: | Date Event November 2015 Published 17 March 2015 Available 27 October 2014 Accepted 18 December 2012 Submitted |
| Volume: | 39 |
| Number: | 8 |
| Number of Pages: | 26 |
| Page Range: | pp. 1855-1880 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/cogs.12221 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 28 January 2016 |
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 28 March 2016 |
| URI: | https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/66219/ |
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