Encouraging pointing with the right hand, but not the left hand, gives right-handed 3-year-olds a linguistic advantage.

Previous research has shown a strong positive association between right-handed gesturing and vocabulary development. However, the causal nature of this relationship remains unclear. In the current study, we tested whether gesturing with the right hand enhances linguistic processing in the left hemisphere, which is contralateral to the right hand.

"Prior experience with unlabeled actions promotes 3-year-old children's verb learning": Correction.

Reports an error in "Prior experience with unlabeled actions promotes 3-year-old children's verb learning" by Suzanne Aussems, Katherine H. Mumford and Sotaro Kita (, Advanced Online Publication, Jul 15, 2021, np). In the original article, acknowledgment of and formatting for Economic and Social Research Council funding was omitted.

Prior experience with unlabeled actions promotes 3-year-old children's verb learning.

[Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported online in on Jan 6 2022 (see record 2022-20753-001). In the original article, acknowledgment of and formatting for Economic and Social Research Council funding was omitted. The author note and copyright line now reflect the standard acknowledgment of and formatting for the funding received for this article.

Children use gesture to interpret novel verb meanings.

Children often find it difficult to map verbs to specific referents within complex scenes, often believing that additional features are part of the referents. This study investigated whether 3-year-olds could use iconic gestures to map novel verbs to specific referents. One hundred and twenty children were taught verbs that could be interpreted as change-of-state or manner verbs while presented with manner, end-state, or no iconic gestures.