Propensity to gesture and verbal memory positively predicted free recall, and the two were uncorrelated (Study 2)¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r2 · q3 · i0 negligible
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Subclaims¶

q3 i? In Study 2 free recall, propensity to gesture and verbal memory each had significant positive main effects. → Thakore 2024 q3 i0 Propensity to gesture and verbal memory were not significantly correlated, r(96) = −0.02. → Thakore 2024 (2)

Evidence¶

Thakore 2024¶

Thakore, K., Das, T., Jahan, S., & Sweller, N. (2024). From Hands to Mind: How Gesture, Emotional Valence, and Individual Differences Impact Narrative Recall. Educational Psychology Review, 36, 111. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09948-0

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Study 2 free recall mixed model (N = 98) showed "significant positive main effects of propensity to gesture" and VM; only unstandardised coefficients with CIs are printed, so no standardised effect size is reported.

"there were significant positive main effects of propensity to gesture (M = 13.58, SD = 8.10), z = 3.09, p = 0.002, 95% CI [0.03, 0.12], and VM (M = 10.53, SD = 3.13), z = 3.66, p < 0.001, 95% CI [0.11, 0.37]."

Thakore 2024 (2)¶

Thakore, K., Das, T., Jahan, S., & Sweller, N. (2024). From Hands to Mind: How Gesture, Emotional Valence, and Individual Differences Impact Narrative Recall. Educational Psychology Review, 36, 111. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09948-0

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Pearson's correlation in Study 2 between measured propensity to gesture (gesture rate per 100 words during cartoon retelling) and RAVLT immediate verbal memory: "no significant correlation between these variables, r(96) = − 0.02" — a negligible printed effect size.

"There was no significant correlation between these variables, r(96) = − 0.02, p = 0.83."

Discussion¶

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