Contribution of working memory to gesture production in toddlers

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dc.contributor.authorGunes-Acar, Naziye
dc.contributor.authorAlp, Ercan
dc.contributor.authorKuntay, Aylin
dc.contributor.authorAksu-Koc, Ayhan
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-23T14:02:31Z
dc.date.available2024-02-23T14:02:31Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.departmentNEÜen_US
dc.description.abstractStarting as early as 10 months of age, gesturing is present in the communicative repertoire of children, and later, around the age of two, it is integrated with speech, yielding multimodal utterances. However, children's propensity to gesture varies, and the mechanisms underlying these individual differences remain unknown. The present study tests whether gesture production in the presence of speech (bimodal gestures) or in the absence of speech (unimodal gestures) is predicted by working memory and articulation performance associated with verbal processing. Children aged 22-46 months were presented with a gesture elicitation task in which they needed to correct the actions of a puppet using everyday objects in an unconventional way. Working memory was measured by the Imitation Sorting Task (IST) and articulation performance was indexed by the Non-Word Repetition Task (NWR). It was revealed that any increase in working memory capacity was linked to a higher incidence rate of gesturing in toddlers and working memory was differentially associated with the production of unimodal and bimodal gestures. When gestures were produced without speech, they primarily relied on attentional processes as indicated by working memory capacity. Conversely, when gestures were produced with speech, it was the articulation performance supporting speech processing that predicted the number of bimodal gestures. Overall, unimodal and bimodal gestures seem to have different working memory demands.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.cogdev.2021.101113
dc.identifier.issn0885-2014
dc.identifier.issn1879-226X
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85113353667en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2021.101113
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12452/11745
dc.identifier.volume60en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000703609800011en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevier Science Incen_US
dc.relation.ispartofCognitive Developmenten_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectWorking Memoryen_US
dc.subjectArticulation Performanceen_US
dc.subjectUnimodal Gestureen_US
dc.subjectBimodal Gestureen_US
dc.titleContribution of working memory to gesture production in toddlersen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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