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An Indian Corpus of Gestures for Nouns and Verbs: A Preliminary Study
Abstract: The study aimed to develop a corpus of comprehensive gestures for a set of nouns and verbs in the Indian context. The study was conducted in the following three phases. Phase 1: Gestural nouns and verbs were selected from the existing word lists. Phase 2: A set of 221 nouns and 122 verbs were enacted and recorded by a professional actor and a cameraman respectively. Phase 3: Two groups of …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Neuroscience · Vol. 11, Issue 1, 2021 · pp. 18–32 Read article
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Gesture Identification in Children with Hearing Impairment: A Comparative Study
Abstract: Gestures are used during verbal communication naturally and spontaneously by individuals across age, culture and different background. Gestures and speech have a strong association and they share properties across temporal, structural and meaning aspects. Literature has shown pronounced link between gesture and speech however, there have been convincing and contradictory findings of the potential link of gestures and speech. So, there exists a need to further study gestural ability HI …
Published in Research and Reviews : A Journal of Medical Science and Technology · Vol. 10, Issue 1, 2021 · pp. 13–18 Read article
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Verbal Working Memory in Bilinguals: An Exploratory Study
Abstract: The purpose of the study is to investigate Verbal Working Memory (VWM) abilities in bilinguals. Since previous literatures mainly focused on nonverbal aspects of memory, the present study aims to proliferate knowledge on the linguistic aspects of working memory. A total of 30 bilinguals aged between 18 and 30 years were recruited for the study. However, bilingual group had further breakdown into two groups with 15 in each based-on age …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Health Professions · Vol. 10, Issue 1, 2020 · pp. 37–47 Read article