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Keeping an eye on gestures: Visual perception of gestures in face-to-face communication

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Summary, in English

Since listeners usually look at the speaker's face, gestural information has to be absorbed through peripheral visual perception. In the literature, it has been suggested that listeners look at gestures under certain circumstances: 1) when the articulation of the gesture is peripheral; 2) when the speech channel is insufficient for comprehension; and 3) when the speaker him- or herself indicates that the gesture is worthy of attention. The research here reported employs eye tracking techniques to study the perception of gestures in face-to-face interaction. The improved control over the listener's visual channel allows us to test the validity of the above claims. We present preliminary findings substantiating claims 1 and 3, and relate them to theoretical proposals in the literature and to the issue of how visual and cognitive attention are related.

Publishing year

1999

Language

English

Pages

35-63

Publication/Series

Pragmatics & Cognition

Volume

7

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

John Benjamins Publishing Company

Topic

  • General Language Studies and Linguistics

Keywords

  • visual perception
  • gesture
  • interaction
  • eye movements

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0929-0907