Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-g7gxr Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-13T09:07:49.141Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Are human gestures in the present time a mere vestige of a former sign language? Probably not

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 October 2003

Pierre Feyereisen
Pierre Feyereisen*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Louvain, PSP/CODE, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgiumwww.code.ucl.ac.be
*
pierre.feyereisen@psp.ucl.ac.be
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract:

Right-hand preference for conversational gestures does not imply close connections between the neural systems controlling manual and vocal communication. Use of speech and gestures may dissociate in some cases of focal brain damages. Furthermore, there are limits in the ability to combine spoken words and concurrent hand movements. These findings suggest that discourse production depends on multiple components which probably have different evolutionary origins.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , April 2003 , pp. 220 - 221
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2003

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)