The role of semantic abstractness and perceptual category in processing speech accompanied by gestures
Space and shape are distinct perceptual categories. In language, perceptual information can also be used to describe abstract semantic concepts like a ‘rising income’ (space) or a ‘square personality’ (shape). Despite being inherently concrete, co-speech gestures depicting space and shape can accomp...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2013-12-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00181/full |