Exploring the effects of restraining the use of gestures on narrative speech

Cravotta, Alice; Prieto, Pilar; Busà, María Grazia

doi:10.1016/j.specom.2021.09.005

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“…These new directions of research aligns with a shift towards a moredynamic monitoring of the role of gesture in communication. For example, there is research showing that when people cannot gesture, there is not a clear impact on acoustics when averaging over the speech acoustics during gesture versus under passive conditions (Cravotta et al, 2019;Hoetjes et al, 2014;Cravotta et al, 2021). At the same time, researchers in machine learning are reporting successes in predicting when a gesture will occur based on ongoing acoustics during utterances (Yunus et al, 2020).…”

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“…In both modes, gesture and speech are coordinated. This does not mean that an effect of gesture on acoustics is obligatory (Cravotta et al, 2021) given that there is a flexibility to counteract gesture-related perturbations with other (laryngeal) muscle tensions. In addition to active counteraction, gesture-speech biomechanic constraints may also be deliberately amplified or simply aligned with a speech target (e.g., Pearson & Pouw, 2022).…”

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Origins of vocal-entangled gesture

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Fuchs

2022

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

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Origins of vocal-entangled gesture

Pouw

Fuchs

2022

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

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“…Similarly, Alibali, Kita, Young, Alibali, and Young ( 2010 ) found that during spatial problem‐solving explanations, participants produced more gestures during explanation than description tasks, and suggested that this is especially the case where verbalization is difficult. On the other hand, Cravotta, Prieto, and Busa ( 2021 ) found that restricting gesture production when retelling a narrative did not affect verbal speech. Cravotta et al.…”

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“…Cravotta et al. ( 2021 ), therefore, suggest that restricting gesture production may have differential effects on individuals, depending on their need for gestures when speaking. If gestures indeed lighten the load on verbal working memory by engaging other modalities, performance on verbal memory tasks is likely to improve more for individuals who have lower verbal memory capacity than those with higher verbal memory capacity (Goldin‐Meadow et al., 2001 ).…”

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A Hands‐On Approach to Learning: Gesture Production During Encoding and its Effect on Narrative Recall

2022

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Research has shown that gesture production supports learning across a number of tasks. It is unclear, however, whether gesture production during encoding can support narrative recall, who gesture production benefits most, and whether certain types of gestures are more beneficial than others. This study, therefore, investigated the effect of gesture production during the encoding of a narrative on subsequent narrative recall, and whether individuals’ levels of verbal and nonverbal memory moderated this effect. Additionally, this study investigated whether producing certain types of gestures during encoding was more beneficial than others. Participants (N = 90, Mage = 20.43) read aloud a narrative while under instruction to produce gestures, under no specific instruction to produce gestures, or were required to keep their hands behind their back to prevent them from gesturing. Participants completed measures assessing verbal and nonverbal memory. While gesture production during encoding benefitted narrative recall (as measured through specific questions), verbal memory moderated the effect, such that gesture production was more beneficial for individuals with higher than lower verbal memory. Furthermore, producing representational gestures during encoding benefitted recall of points in the narrative at which those gestures were produced, while beat gestures had no effect. Findings have implications for understanding the mechanisms underlying the links between gesture and learning, as well as practical implications in instructional settings.

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“…Siguiendo una metodología ya empleada en trabajos anteriores para el análisis multimodal del habla (Jiménez-Bravo y Marrero-Aguiar, 2020; Cravotta et al, 2019Cravotta et al, , 2021, este equipo de investigación se plantea realizar un estudio donde se tenga en cuenta esta variable en la percepción de la pluma en español.…”

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La sociofonética del habla con pluma

Jiménez-Bravo

Gonzalo

Trinidad

2022

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Esta revisión recoge 69 estudios sociofonéticos sobre el habla con pluma masculina para poner en perspectiva qué parámetros acústicos caracterizan tanto a los hablantes homosexuales como a aquellos que, independientemente de su orientación sexual, son percibidos como hablantes con pluma. La muestra de estudios seleccionada recoge un total de 13 lenguas, algunas con un gran número de variedades dialectales, como es el caso del inglés o del español. En muchas de estas lenguas se han hallado diferencias significativas en la producción o percepción del habla gay para la frecuencia fundamental, para F1 y F2 de algunas vocales, y para las características espectrales y la duración de algunas fricativas sibilantes. No obstante, la disparidad de resultados no permite identificar un conjunto claro de parámetros asociados al habla con pluma. Los rasgos que caracterizan el habla con pluma en una determinada comunidad de habla pueden no coincidir con los de otra, puesto que la forma en que se construye socialmente la identidad gay varía en cada lugar. Finalmente, se propone analizar el habla con pluma desde una perspectiva multimodal en variedades concretas de diferentes lenguas, entre ellas el español, para minimizar la disparidad de resultados y reflejar más fielmente las interacciones comunicativas cotidianas.

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Exploring the effects of restraining the use of gestures on narrative speech

Cited by 6 publications

References 64 publications

Origins of vocal-entangled gesture

Origins of vocal-entangled gesture

A Hands‐On Approach to Learning: Gesture Production During Encoding and its Effect on Narrative Recall

La sociofonética del habla con pluma

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