In multimodal communication, what causes an observer to misinterpret the co-speech gestures during a video call with degraded video quality?

💡 Explanation

Reduced video fidelity hinders the ability to precisely map gestures to their intended referents, because impaired indexical grounding increases ambiguity. Therefore, the observer struggles to accurately infer meaning, rather than experiencing altered phonological loops or embodied simulation.

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