Table 1.
Objects (the object description in Spanish is given in parenthesis), auditory stimuli (shown in capital letters), and hand movements used in Experiment 1, and the visual stimuli used in Experiments 2 and 3.
| EXPERIMENT 1 | |
| Test 1: | |
| 1. A metal spring (muelle) | “TO” |
| 2. A corkscrew (sacacorchos) | both hands in front of the face simulating wings |
| 3. A lantern (linterna) | “TERNA” |
| Training (ten objects): | |
| 4. A ceramic made figurine of an owl (figura de un búho pequeño en cerámica) | “BUHO” |
| 5. A wooden puzzle piece (pieza de puzzle de madera) | “PUZZLE” |
| 6. A small grey bobbin of thread (bobina de hilo) | “HILO” |
| 7. An electronic calculator (calculadora) | “CALCULADORA” |
| 8. A leather bracelet (pulsera de cuero) | “PULSERA” |
| 9. A metallic screw (tornillo) | “TORNILLO” |
| 10. A plastic syringe (jeringa) | “JERINGA” |
| 11. A radish (rábano) | “RABANO” |
| 12. A small cowbell (pequeño cencerro) | “CENCERRO” |
| 13. A pair of binoculars (prismáticos) | “PRISMÁTICOS” |
| Test 2: | |
| 14. A small stapler (grapadora) | “GRAPADORA” |
| 15. A spinning top (trompo) | “TROMPO” |
| 16. ViewMaster 3-D glasses (gafas de cine) | “CINE” |
| 17. An artichoke (alcachofa) | “ALCACHOFA” |
| 18, A letter opener with duck shape (abrecartas decorado) | “ABRECARTAS” |
| 19. A measuring tape (una tira larga para medir) | “METRO” |
| 20. A pearly earring (un pendiente) | “PIC” |
| 21. A padlock (candado) | opening and closing the hand imitating a bird |
| Test 3: | |
| 22. A nail clipper (cortauñas) | “YUC” |
| 23. A paper drill (taladro de papel) | moving the hand and fingers with the thumb placed on the nose and the hand perpendicular to the face |
| Test 4: | |
| 24. A small can opener (abrelatas) | “POIN” |
| 25. A mouthpiece of a watering hose (boquilla manguera agua) | both hands on the temples, moving them like wings |
| EXPERIMENT 2 | |
| A1. A patch of red cloth (un aro de tela de color rojo) | |
| A2. A glass mat with drawings (un posavasos con dibujos) | |
| B1. A light blue plush bunny (un conejito de peluche de color azul) | |
| B2. A beige teddy bear (un osito de peluche de color beige) | |
| C1. A little plastic toy Dalmatian dog (un perrito dálmata de plástico) | |
| C2. A yellow plastic construction block (un bloque de plástico amarillo) | |
| EXPERIMENT 3 | |
| A1. A yellow mold of plastic with starfish form (estrella de mar en plástico y amarilla) | |
| A2. A green mold of plastic with turtle form (tortuga verde en plástico) | |
| A3. A blue mold of plastic with shell form (caracola azul en plástico) | |
| B1. A metallic coffeepot in miniature (cafetera metálica en miniatura) | |
| B2. A short thick piece of wood (taco de madera) | |
| B3. A white flower of cloth (flor de tela blanca) | |
| C1. A ceramic miniature pig (cerdito de cerámica en miniatura) | |
| C2. A nut of metal (tuerca de metal) | |
| C3. An empty red and white box of staples (caja roja y blanca de grapas vacía) | |