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Neuro Exam: Gesture Meaning in Language by Mary-ElizabethClinton is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This study used fMRI to investigate whether symbolic gestures and spoken language are processed by the same neural system in the human brain. The researchers found that both symbolic gestures and spoken words activated a common left-lateralized network in the inferior frontal and posterior temporal regions of the brain. This suggests that these areas function as a modality-independent semiotic system that links meaning to symbols, whether they are words, gestures, sounds or objects. The study provides evide
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