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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 10.
Published in final edited form as: Neuropsychologia. 2018 Jun 19;117:332–338. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2018.06.012
Features Speech identical Gesture identical Gesture related Other
Speech: Got a flower.
Gesture: picked/cut
got picked/plucked snipped/cut picked up (picked) purchased/bought (cut) gave brought took presented found
Speech: She hit him.
Gesture: punched/slap
hit punched/bopped/
socked slapped/whacked/watted
hauled off (punched)
Speech: Searched for a recipe.
Gesture: computer/cookbo ok
searched cookbook/books computer went through recipes (cookbook)
looked up (computer)
looked found
Speech: Cooked the meatballs.
Gesture: stovetop/oven
cooked oven/baked/in stovetop/on/pan grilled
Speech: Got a ride.
Gesture: hitchhike/taxi
got went walked happened by ran trotted
Speech: Flew off into the crowd.
Gesture: tumbled/shot
flew tumbled/spun flew away fell/dropped (shot) crashed wound up in jumped off ended up landed
Speech: Face protection.
Gesture: mask/goggles
face protection goggles/eye protection mask/head gear protectors
Speech: Hit him in the face.
Gesture: nose/forehead
face forehead/head nose eye (nose) got hurt hit