Categorical Perception of Palm Orientation in American Sign Language

by Stephen Richard DeVilbiss Moss

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Appendix A

An array of solid color blocks in an 8 x 40 grid showing a spectrum of colors lightest at the top and darkest at the bottom
The Hale Color Array used by Berlin and Key in their 1968 studies of basic color terms.

Appendix B

An 11-image spectrum showing the full range of tokens beginning with hand pointed left and ending with hand pointed slightly right of camera
The array of response tokens used by participants to identify category label of the token presented in the identification task.

Appendix C

Two examples of how angles were measured from the birds-eye-view.
Examples of bird's eye photos including lines added for measurement in positions 70° and 100°

Appendix D

Four histograms showing the average response per display token for each experimental condition.
Average response angle per each display token separated by condition.

Appendix E

Histogram of total number of responses selected for each along the continuum, separated by condition..
Histogram of total number of responses selected for each along the continuum, separated by condition.

Appendix F

Line graphs of accuracy by display interval, separated by condition
Accuracy by display interval separated by condition.