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. 2013 Sep 13;7:120. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00120

Table 1.

Number of videos and their mean durations of stimulus parameters speech and gesture as well as their mean stimulus ratings of understandability, imageability, and naturalness according to the four conditions abstract-gesture (AG), concrete-gesture (CG), abstract-speech (AS), and concrete-speech (CS) for set 1, set 2 and in total.

Set Condition N Stimulus parameter Rating evaluations
Speech duration Gesture duration Understandability Imagebility Naturalness
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
1 AG 26 2.163 0.391 2.313 0.440 3.625 0.578 4.498 0.587 4.565 0.379
CG 26 2.303 0.434 3.033 0.364 3.537 0.808 4.785 0.695 4.340 0.540
AS 26 2.400 0.308 6.527 0.179 3.481 0.321 4.077 0.258
CS 26 2.332 0.290 6.650 0.209 2.967 0.308 3.181 0.293
Total 104 2.299 0.366 2.673 0.540 5.085 1.595 3.933 0.894 4.041 0.649
2 AG 26 2.144 0.296 2.219 0.336 3.392 0.766 4.381 0.698 4.479 0.501
CG 26 2.160 0.391 2.989 0.415 3.327 0.660 4.598 0.621 4.181 0.444
AS 26 2.332 0.281 6.490 0.154 3.454 0.372 3.935 0.237
CS 26 2.274 0.229 6.652 0.155 3.083 0.207 3.181 0.279
Total 104 2.228 0.311 2.604 0.539 4.965 1.693 3.879 0.810 3.944 0.612
Total AG 52 2.153 0.343 2.266 0.390 3.509 0.682 4.439 0.641 4.522 0.442
CG 52 2.231 0.415 3.011 0.387 3.432 0.738 4.691 0.659 4.261 0.496
AS 52 2.366 0.294 6.509 0.166 3.467 0.344 4.006 0.256
CS 52 2.303 0.260 6.651 0.182 3.025 0.266 3.181 0.283
Total 208 2.263 0.340 2.639 0.538 5.025 1.642 3.906 0.851 3.992 0.631

SD, standard deviation.