Influence of single variables and their interactions on accuracy and speed of recognising facial expressions of anger, fear, and sadness (three-way ANOVA)
| Accuracy | Speed | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Effect | F | df | η2 | F | df | η2 |
| Gender of observer (A) | 3.68 | 1/56 | 0.06 | 4.72* | 1/56 | 0.08 |
| Gender of model (B) | 81.97** | 1/56 | 0.59 | 0.25 | 1/56 | 0.01 |
| Emotion (C) (anger, fear, sadness) | 37.67** | 2/112 | 0.40 | 61.00** | 2/112 | 0.52 |
| Interaction (A × B) | 0.10 | 1/56 | 0.00 | 0.59 | 1/56 | 0.01 |
| Interaction (B × C) | 6.86** | 2/112 | 0.11 | 0.67 | 2/112 | 0.01 |
| Interaction (A × C) | 3.13* | 2/112 | 0.05 | 2.88 | 2/112 | 0.05 |
| Interaction (A × B × C) | 0.47 | 2/112 | 0.01 | 1.99 | 2/112 | 0.03 |
Accuracy (frequency of correct answers and percentage) and speed of recognition (reaction time) of facial expressions of anger, fear, and sadness by participant and model gender
| Accuracy | Reaction time (ms) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male participants/ observers | Female participants/ observers | Male participants/ observers | Female participants/ observers | |||||||
| Model gender | Emotion | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Emotion | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
| Female | Anger | 31.07 (89 %) | 3.24 | 30.45 (87 %) | 3.03 | Anger | 1326.75 | 367.15 | 1189.39 | 236.15 |
| Fear | 26.72 (76 %) | 5.38 | 29.48 (84 %) | 2.61 | Fear | 1649.73 | 443.01 | 1360.08 | 288.70 | |
| Sadness | 30.90 (88 %) | 4.11 | 31.86 (91 %) | 2.35 | Sadness | 1453.43 | 428.83 | 1281.46 | 313.74 | |
| Male | Anger | 28.69 (82 %) | 2.80 | 29.24 (84 %) | 2.48 | Anger | 1323.23 | 387.08 | 1186.95 | 241.71 |
| Fear | 23.00 (66 %) | 5.19 | 25.07 (72 %) | 3.89 | Fear | 1634.51 | 444.58 | 1423.63 | 315.27 | |
| Sadness | 29.21 (83 %) | 4.21 | 30.03 (86 %) | 2.41 | Sadness | 1463.81 | 448.93 | 1259.24 | 302.91 | |