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Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications

Table 1 Mean and standard deviations of proportion of visual attention to the eyes, nose, and mouth by background color for the Pilot Study, Experiment 1, and Experiment 2

From: Impact of perceived interpersonal similarity on attention to the eyes of same-race and other-race faces

 

Background color

 

Color 1

Color 2

Color 3

Color 4

Pilot Study

 White faces

    

  Eyes

  Nose

  Mouth

.500 (.167)

.138 (.090)

.085 (.077)

.497 (.174)

.111 (.067)

.092 (.060)

.490 (.180)

.140 (.100)

.068 (.057)

.494 (.188)

.122 (.077)

.068 (.050)

Experiment 1

 White faces

    

  Eyes

  Nose

  Mouth

.473 (.099)

.112 (.050)

.085 (.055)

.482 (.108)

.103 (.052)

.080 (.053)

.479 (.111)

.110 (.052)

.084 (.052)

.492 (.105)

.100 (.050)

.087 (.060)

Experiment 2

 White faces

    

  Eyes

  Nose

  Mouth

.547 (.174)

.155 (.093)

.080 (.052)

.548 (.168)

.115 (.068)

.074 (.059)

.557 (.182)

.122 (.088)

.092 (.059)

.562 (.163)

.102 (.061)

.067 (.049)

 Black faces

    

  Eyes

  Nose

  Mouth

.555 (.150)

.155 (.079)

.096 (.054)

.552 (.153)

.128 (.096)

.086 (.058)

.562 (.150)

.134 (.084)

.098 (.047)

.569 (.136)

.121 (.081)

.090 (.053)

  1. In the Pilot Study, no information about the background color was provided. In Experiments 1 and 2, color 1 represents least similar targets with 0–25% overlap in responses on the personality survey between the participant and target, color 2 represents 26–50% overlap, color 3 represents 51%-75% overlap, and color 4 represents the most similar targets with 76–100% overlap. Standard deviations are provided in brackets
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