Facial expression adaptation impairs perceived social signal across expressions.

Psychol Res · 2025 · PMC11933154 · PMID 40126643

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marginally significantp =.06so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

The interaction between experiment and phase was marginally significant, F (1, 34) = 3.07, p =.06, η p 2 = 0.10.

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However, our results showed a trend consistent with our hypothesis, suggesting that the results of Experiment 1 cannot be fully explained by MI due to the adaptation of sad facial expressions.

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