"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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| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Gestures" by people in Profiles.
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Minga J, Sheppard SM, Johnson M, Hewetson R, Cornwell P, Blake ML. Apragmatism: The renewal of a label for communication disorders associated with right hemisphere brain damage. Int J Lang Commun Disord. 2023 03; 58(2):651-666.
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Gogate L, Maganti M, Bahrick LE. Cross-cultural evidence for multimodal motherese: Asian Indian mothers' adaptive use of synchronous words and gestures. J Exp Child Psychol. 2015 Jan; 129:110-26.