---
_id: '57608'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: "<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title>\r\n\t\t\t\t<jats:p>The gesture-as-simulated-action
    framework explains the occurrence of iconic gestures. Accordingly, simulated\r\n\t\t\t\t\tvisual
    imagery gives rise to observer-viewpoint, whereas simulated motor imagery gives
    rise to character-viewpoint gestures.\r\n\t\t\t\t\tBecause little is known about
    whether this relationship is either the product of becoming a competent speaker
    in different\r\n\t\t\t\t\tcommunicative tasks or exists from an early age, we
    investigated 4-year-olds. In the first session, 55 children performed three\r\n\t\t\t\t\tdifferent
    communicative tasks. In the second session, we administered a SON-R non-verbal
    intelligence test to assess children’s\r\n\t\t\t\t\tcognitive abilities. Results
    revealed a strong association between the frequency with which children used observer-viewpoints\r\n\t\t\t\t\tgestures
    and their scores in visual processing abilities. Because the association between
    gestures and visuospatial cognitive\r\n\t\t\t\t\tabilities was found across three
    communicative tasks, we can propose that it is a general ability rather than a
    phenomenon of\r\n\t\t\t\t\ttask-specific discourse competence. We discuss these
    findings in terms of gestural threshold and cognitive offloading.</jats:p>"
author:
- first_name: Ulrich J.
  full_name: Boden, Ulrich J.
  last_name: Boden
- first_name: Friederike
  full_name: Kern, Friederike
  last_name: Kern
- first_name: Sofia
  full_name: Koutalidis, Sofia
  last_name: Koutalidis
- first_name: Olga
  full_name: Abramov, Olga
  last_name: Abramov
- first_name: Anne
  full_name: Nemeth, Anne
  last_name: Nemeth
- first_name: Stefan
  full_name: Kopp, Stefan
  last_name: Kopp
- first_name: Katharina J.
  full_name: Rohlfing, Katharina J.
  last_name: Rohlfing
citation:
  ama: "Boden UJ, Kern F, Koutalidis S, et al. Four-year-olds’ visuospatial cognitive
    abilities and their relation to observer‑viewpoint gestures across three    \tcommunicative
    tasks. <i>Pragmatics &#38; Cognition</i>. 2024;31(1):49-96. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1075/pc.00040.roh\">10.1075/pc.00040.roh</a>"
  apa: "Boden, U. J., Kern, F., Koutalidis, S., Abramov, O., Nemeth, A., Kopp, S.,
    &#38; Rohlfing, K. J. (2024). Four-year-olds’ visuospatial cognitive abilities
    and their relation to observer‑viewpoint gestures across three    \tcommunicative
    tasks. <i>Pragmatics &#38; Cognition</i>, <i>31</i>(1), 49–96. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1075/pc.00040.roh\">https://doi.org/10.1075/pc.00040.roh</a>"
  bibtex: "@article{Boden_Kern_Koutalidis_Abramov_Nemeth_Kopp_Rohlfing_2024, title={Four-year-olds’
    visuospatial cognitive abilities and their relation to observer‑viewpoint gestures
    across three    \tcommunicative tasks}, volume={31}, DOI={<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1075/pc.00040.roh\">10.1075/pc.00040.roh</a>},
    number={1}, journal={Pragmatics &#38; Cognition}, publisher={John Benjamins Publishing
    Company}, author={Boden, Ulrich J. and Kern, Friederike and Koutalidis, Sofia
    and Abramov, Olga and Nemeth, Anne and Kopp, Stefan and Rohlfing, Katharina J.},
    year={2024}, pages={49–96} }"
  chicago: "Boden, Ulrich J., Friederike Kern, Sofia Koutalidis, Olga Abramov, Anne
    Nemeth, Stefan Kopp, and Katharina J. Rohlfing. “Four-Year-Olds’ Visuospatial
    Cognitive Abilities and Their Relation to Observer‑viewpoint Gestures across Three 
      \tcommunicative Tasks.” <i>Pragmatics &#38; Cognition</i> 31, no. 1 (2024):
    49–96. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1075/pc.00040.roh\">https://doi.org/10.1075/pc.00040.roh</a>."
  ieee: "U. J. Boden <i>et al.</i>, “Four-year-olds’ visuospatial cognitive abilities
    and their relation to observer‑viewpoint gestures across three    \tcommunicative
    tasks,” <i>Pragmatics &#38; Cognition</i>, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 49–96, 2024, doi:
    <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1075/pc.00040.roh\">10.1075/pc.00040.roh</a>."
  mla: "Boden, Ulrich J., et al. “Four-Year-Olds’ Visuospatial Cognitive Abilities
    and Their Relation to Observer‑viewpoint Gestures across Three    \tcommunicative
    Tasks.” <i>Pragmatics &#38; Cognition</i>, vol. 31, no. 1, John Benjamins Publishing
    Company, 2024, pp. 49–96, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1075/pc.00040.roh\">10.1075/pc.00040.roh</a>."
  short: U.J. Boden, F. Kern, S. Koutalidis, O. Abramov, A. Nemeth, S. Kopp, K.J.
    Rohlfing, Pragmatics &#38; Cognition 31 (2024) 49–96.
date_created: 2024-12-07T04:19:15Z
date_updated: 2024-12-07T04:21:57Z
doi: 10.1075/pc.00040.roh
intvolume: '        31'
issue: '1'
language:
- iso: eng
page: 49-96
publication: Pragmatics & Cognition
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 0929-0907
  - 1569-9943
publication_status: published
publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
status: public
title: "Four-year-olds’ visuospatial cognitive abilities and their relation to observer‑viewpoint
  gestures across three\t\t\t\t\tcommunicative tasks"
type: journal_article
user_id: '50352'
volume: 31
year: '2024'
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