"Gestures" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Movement of a part of the body for the purpose of communication.
| Descriptor ID |
D005868
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.209.530.538.445
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| Concept/Terms |
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Gestures" by people in Profiles.
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Qualitative assessment of tongue drive system by people with high-level spinal cord injury. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2014; 51(3):451-65.
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Brain function overlaps when people observe emblems, speech, and grasping. Neuropsychologia. 2013 Jul; 51(8):1619-29.
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Gesture in the developing brain. Dev Sci. 2012 Mar; 15(2):165-80.
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Gestures orchestrate brain networks for language understanding. Curr Biol. 2009 Apr 28; 19(8):661-7.
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Speech-associated gestures, Broca's area, and the human mirror system. Brain Lang. 2007 Jun; 101(3):260-77.
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An fMRI study of imitation: action representation and body schema. Neuropsychologia. 2005; 43(1):115-27.
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Explaining math: gesturing lightens the load. Psychol Sci. 2001 Nov; 12(6):516-22.
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Transitions in learning: evidence for simultaneously activated strategies. J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform. 1993 Feb; 19(1):92-107.
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Some notes on syllable structure in articulatory phonology. Phonetica. 1988; 45(2-4):140-55.
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rCBF landscapes during motor performance and motor ideation of a graphic gesture. Eur Arch Psychiatry Neurol Sci. 1988; 238(1):33-8.