Video summary of the paper (VIDEO) Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics This video is under embargo. Please login to access this video. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Caption What we see shapes what we hear People often move their hands up and down to 'highlight' what they are saying. Are such 'beat gestures' important for communication? Hans Rutger Bosker from the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics and David Peeters from Tilburg University created words with an ambiguous stress pattern and asked listeners what they heard (DIScount or disCOUNT?). The beat gestures people saw influenced what they heard, showing that listeners quickly integrate verbal and visual information during speech recognition. Credit Hans Rutger Bosker/David Peeters - Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.