Experiment Examples
Click on examples below to play (or download) each AVI video file (1.8
Mb) of an animated character saying the sentence:
“put the book there
now”
Watch each animation three
times. Try to mix the order of viewing up (i.e., randomize the conditions).
Print out this
page or indicate otherwise your answers to the following two questions by
circling the appropriate word and number:
1)
Which word is the intended focus of the sentence? That is:
Which
word is being emphasized?
-circle a word: “PUT”,
“THE”, “BOOK”, “THERE”, or “NOW”
2) Do you think the focus of
the sentence was emphasised clearly?
-indicate your level of
agreement with the statement:
The
focus of the sentence was emphasised clearly.
-circle a number:
1 =
strongly agree
2
= agree
3
= neither agree nor disagree
4
= disagree
5
= strongly disagree
Instructions for
downloading:
Download the AVI video
files to a Folder on your hard drive and play them using Windows Media Player. If instead you have your web
browser set to play files automatically when you click on a link, the graphics
might not display (thanks Bill Gates and co!).
Check: go to the Options
section of your browser and ensure that downloaded AVI video files are saved to
a folder; do not have a program automatically play them.
When downloaded, go to
the folder and click on the file. It may open automatically with Windows Media
Player and play properly. If it does not, right click the AVI file and
choose Media Player as the program to view the file.
Other programs that should play these AVIs correctly include: Real Player and Intervideo WinDVD (often bundled with Windows XP);
to play, right click, and so on.
Word perceived:
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“put” “the”
“book” “there” “now””
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Clarity rating:
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1 2 3 4
5
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Word perceived:
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“put” “the”
“book” “there” “now””
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Clarity rating:
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1 2 3 4
5
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Word perceived:
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“put” “the”
“book” “there” “now””
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Clarity rating:
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1 2 3 4
5
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Word perceived:
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“put” “the”
“book” “there” “now””
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Clarity rating:
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1 2 3 4
5
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Word perceived:
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“put” “the”
“book” “there” “now””
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Clarity rating:
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1 2 3 4
5
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Word perceived:
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“put” “the”
“book” “there” “now””
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Clarity rating:
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1 2 3 4
5
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Word perceived:
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“put” “the”
“book” “there” “now””
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Clarity rating:
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1 2 3 4
5
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Word perceived:
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“put” “the”
“book” “there” “now””
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Clarity rating:
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1 2 3 4
5
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Background
After trying the examples, check to see where the hand
gesture was synchronized (i.e., which word was nearest the gesture) for each of
examples 1 through 8:
Examples used in the experiment.
Based
on Speech-hand
coordination, context, and perceived meaning by Paul Treffner, Mira
Peter, & Mark Kleidon (submitted for publication).
Copyright
Dr. Paul Treffner