Fig. 4From: Transparent masks reduce the negative impact of opaque masks on understanding emotional states but not on sharing thema Ratings of empathy for the protagonist during each Emotion and Mask condition on a scale from 1/very little to 9/extreme. b Comparison of empathy ratings for protagonists wearing opaque and transparent masks relative to those with no masks for each Emotion condition (calculated by subtracting the no mask condition from each mask condition). Bigger bars indicate a bigger difference from the No mask condition, with ** indicating a significant difference from the no mask condition at p < .01. Error bars represent standard error of the meanBack to article page