"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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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Gestures" by people in Profiles.
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A high-performance neuroprosthesis for speech decoding and avatar control. Nature. 2023 Aug; 620(7976):1037-1046.
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Sulcal Morphology in Cingulate Cortex is Associated with Voluntary Oro-Facial Motor Control and Gestural Communication in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Cereb Cortex. 2021 05 10; 31(6):2845-2854.
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Distal Communication by Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Evidence for Common Ground? Child Dev. 2015 Sep-Oct; 86(5):1623-38.
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Multimodal communication in chimpanzees. Am J Primatol. 2015 Nov; 77(11):1143-8.
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Brief report: visuo-spatial guidance of movement during gesture imitation and mirror drawing in children with autism spectrum disorders. J Autism Dev Disord. 2013 Apr; 43(4):985-95.
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The sound of one-hand clapping: handedness and perisylvian neural correlates of a communicative gesture in chimpanzees. Proc Biol Sci. 2012 May 22; 279(1735):1959-66.
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The distribution and development of handedness for manual gestures in captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Psychol Sci. 2005 Jun; 16(6):487-93.
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An assessment of chronic pain behavior in a structured interview. J Psychosom Res. 1983; 27(2):117-23.