Beat gestures are a real aid to listeners’ remembering what you said, the study found. In a series of experiments, researchers recorded subjects as they watched videos of people speaking.

Simple metaphoric gestures, like the actor widening his hands to show the potential market for the product, and “beat gestures” involving tapping his hands together to emphasise a point made a ...

Beat Gesture: A type of hand movement used to emphasise speech rhythm or underscore particular words. Gesture and Speech Communication Publication Trend.