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The role of conversational hand gestures in a narrative task. / Jacobs, Naomi; Garnham, Alan.
In: Journal of Memory and Language, Vol. 56, No. 2, 02.2007, p. 291-303.

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Jacobs, N & Garnham, A 2007, 'The role of conversational hand gestures in a narrative task', Journal of Memory and Language, vol. 56, no. 2, pp. 291-303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2006.07.011

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Jacobs, N., & Garnham, A. (2007). The role of conversational hand gestures in a narrative task. Journal of Memory and Language, 56(2), 291-303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2006.07.011

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Jacobs N, Garnham A. The role of conversational hand gestures in a narrative task. Journal of Memory and Language. 2007 Feb;56(2):291-303. doi: 10.1016/j.jml.2006.07.011

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Jacobs, Naomi ; Garnham, Alan. / The role of conversational hand gestures in a narrative task. In: Journal of Memory and Language. 2007 ; Vol. 56, No. 2. pp. 291-303.

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