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"For example, suppose people in a particular conversational group agreed certain hand signals, that could be used to cue each other to:"
The "hold it" gesture, palm forward to the other person, works both for "let me finish what I'm saying" and "hold on and let me process what you've just said".
I prefer index finger up, as in '1 second please', especially combined with a concentrating look.
'Hold it' seems like a bigger command than asking for a few moments.
Yeah, that is better. More polite.