Mechanisms underlying the beneficial effect of a speaker’s gestures on the listener

•The co-speech gestures of a speaker favor memory for speech in the listener.•The effect is detectable also in memory for action sentences (enactment effect).•The listener’s motor system as a causal role in the enactment effect.•Loading up the listener’s motor system cancels the enactment effect. A...

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Published in:	Journal of memory and language Vol. 96; pp. 110 - 121
Main Authors:	Ianì, Francesco, Bucciarelli, Monica
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier Inc 01.10.2017
Subjects:	Experimenter-performed task Gestures Memory for action Mental models Motor system Memory for action Mental models Gestures Experimenter-performed task Motor system
ISSN:	0749-596X, 1096-0821
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