Beat gestures help preschoolers recall and comprehend discourse information

Though the positive effects of iconic gestures on word recall and comprehension by children have been clearly established, less is known about the benefits of beat gestures (rhythmic hand/arm movements produced together with prominent prosody). This study investigated (a) whether beat gestures combi...

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Autores: Prieto Vives, Pilar, 1965-, Llanes-Coromina, Judith, Vilà-Giménez, Ingrid, Kushch, Olga, Borràs-Comes, Joan
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Repositorio:Repositorio Digital de la UPF
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/36434
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2018.02.004
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Palabra clave:Beat gestures
Prosodic prominence
Word recall
Narrative comprehension
Saliency effect
Child development
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spelling Beat gestures help preschoolers recall and comprehend discourse informationPrieto Vives, Pilar, 1965-Llanes-Coromina, JudithVilà-Giménez, IngridKushch, OlgaBorràs-Comes, JoanBeat gesturesProsodic prominenceWord recallNarrative comprehensionSaliency effectChild developmentThough the positive effects of iconic gestures on word recall and comprehension by children have been clearly established, less is known about the benefits of beat gestures (rhythmic hand/arm movements produced together with prominent prosody). This study investigated (a) whether beat gestures combined with prosodic information help children recall contrastively focused words as well as information related to those words in a child-directed discourse (Experiment 1); and (b) whether the presence of beat gestures helps children comprehend a narrative discourse (Experiment 2). In Experiment 1, fifty-one 4-year-old children were exposed to a total of three short stories with contrastive words presented in three conditions, namely with prominence in both speech and gesture, prominence in speech only, and non-prominent speech. Results of a recall task showed (a) that children remembered more words when exposed to prominence in both speech and gesture than in either of the other two conditions, and (b) that children were more likely to remember information related to those words when the words were associated with beat gestures. In Experiment 2, fifty-five 5- and 6-year-old children were presented with six narratives with target items either produced with prosodic prominence but no beat gestures or produced with both prosodic prominence and beat gestures. Results of a comprehension task demonstrated that stories told with beat gestures were comprehended better by the children. Together, these results constitute evidence that beat gestures help preschoolers not only to recall but also to comprehend discourse information.Elsevier201920192018info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/36434http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2018.02.004reponame:Repositorio Digital de la UPFinstname:Universitat Pompeu FabraInglésJ Exp Child Psychol. 2018 Aug;172:168-88. DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2018.02.004© Elsevier http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2018.02.004info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/364342026-06-12T07:21:37Z
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title Beat gestures help preschoolers recall and comprehend discourse information
spellingShingle Beat gestures help preschoolers recall and comprehend discourse information
Prieto Vives, Pilar, 1965-
Beat gestures
Prosodic prominence
Word recall
Narrative comprehension
Saliency effect
Child development
title_short Beat gestures help preschoolers recall and comprehend discourse information
title_full Beat gestures help preschoolers recall and comprehend discourse information
title_fullStr Beat gestures help preschoolers recall and comprehend discourse information
title_full_unstemmed Beat gestures help preschoolers recall and comprehend discourse information
title_sort Beat gestures help preschoolers recall and comprehend discourse information
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Prieto Vives, Pilar, 1965-
Llanes-Coromina, Judith
Vilà-Giménez, Ingrid
Kushch, Olga
Borràs-Comes, Joan
author Prieto Vives, Pilar, 1965-
author_facet Prieto Vives, Pilar, 1965-
Llanes-Coromina, Judith
Vilà-Giménez, Ingrid
Kushch, Olga
Borràs-Comes, Joan
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Vilà-Giménez, Ingrid
Kushch, Olga
Borràs-Comes, Joan
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Beat gestures
Prosodic prominence
Word recall
Narrative comprehension
Saliency effect
Child development
topic Beat gestures
Prosodic prominence
Word recall
Narrative comprehension
Saliency effect
Child development
description Though the positive effects of iconic gestures on word recall and comprehension by children have been clearly established, less is known about the benefits of beat gestures (rhythmic hand/arm movements produced together with prominent prosody). This study investigated (a) whether beat gestures combined with prosodic information help children recall contrastively focused words as well as information related to those words in a child-directed discourse (Experiment 1); and (b) whether the presence of beat gestures helps children comprehend a narrative discourse (Experiment 2). In Experiment 1, fifty-one 4-year-old children were exposed to a total of three short stories with contrastive words presented in three conditions, namely with prominence in both speech and gesture, prominence in speech only, and non-prominent speech. Results of a recall task showed (a) that children remembered more words when exposed to prominence in both speech and gesture than in either of the other two conditions, and (b) that children were more likely to remember information related to those words when the words were associated with beat gestures. In Experiment 2, fifty-five 5- and 6-year-old children were presented with six narratives with target items either produced with prosodic prominence but no beat gestures or produced with both prosodic prominence and beat gestures. Results of a comprehension task demonstrated that stories told with beat gestures were comprehended better by the children. Together, these results constitute evidence that beat gestures help preschoolers not only to recall but also to comprehend discourse information.
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