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. 2020 Sep 22;11:574418. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.574418

TABLE 3.

Summary of significant differences between conditions: FAMILIAR Gesture, UNFAMILIAR Gesture, and SPEECH Alone.

FAMILIAR vs. SPEECH FAMILIAR vs. UNFAMILIAR UNFAMILIAR vs. SPEECH
(1) Speech evaluation
Exp 1: Mandarin Words misheard * * n.s.
Accent ** * n.s.
Tone * n.s. n.s.
Memory test * n.s. **
Exp 2: Japanese Words misheard *** n.s. *
Accent ** n.s. n.s.
Memory test n.s. n.s. n.s.
(2) Learner evaluation
Exp 1: Mandarin Confidence * n.s. *
Nervousness n.s. n.s. n.s.
Comm. Effectiveness ** n.s. *
Months studying n.s. n.s. n.s.
Exp 2: Japanese Confidence *** n.s. ***
Nervousness *** * ***
Comm. Effectiveness ** * n.s.
Months studying * n.s. n.s.

* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001. In all cases, the direction of differences was more positive evaluation (e.g., less words misheard, more words memorized, more confidence, and less nervousness) for FAMILIAR than SPEECH, FAMILIAR than UNFAMILIAR, and UNFAMILIAR than SPEECH.