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- TitleRelations between observer viewpoint gestures and visual processing abilities in preschoolers : / [Ulrich Boden]
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- Description1 Online-Ressource (35 Seiten) : Illustrationen, Diagramme
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According to the gesture-as-simulated-action (GSA) framework, simulated visual imagery produces observer viewpoint gestures, whereas simulated motor imagery produces character viewpoint gestures. Although this relation has been reported for adults, little is known about whether it holds for children. Therefore, we conducted a study with 4-year-old children (M = 8 50 months, SD = 3.4) and hypothesized that children with higher visual processing (Gv) abilities and children with higher fluid intelligence (Gf) would engage more in visual imagery simulation and, therefore, perform a higher rate of observer viewpoint gestures than children with lower Gv or Gf abilities. In the first session, we observed gestures in 39 children across three different communicative tasks. In the second session, we administered a SON-R test to assess childrens cognitive abilities. Results revealed strong associations between the frequency with which children used the observer viewpoint in their co-speech gestures and their Gv abilities, but no relation between observer viewpoint gestures and Gf. Because we found this result in all three communicative tasks, we assume it is a general rather than a task-specific phenomenon. We discuss our results in terms of how Gv abilities, and thus observer viewpoint gestures, help children to achieve communicative goals. Keywords: GSA framework, iconic gestures, viewpoints, cognitive abilities, mental images
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