Reversed better-than-average effect in direct comparisons of nonsocial stimuli depends on the set size.

Mem Cognit · 2014 · PMC4024155 · PMID 24352697

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approaching significancep = .09so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

The only additional effect approaching significance was an unexpected main effect of the material, F (1, 158) = 2.95, p = .09, partial η 2 = .02, indicating that the preference for referents over targets was somewhat more pronounced for buildings ( M = 2.86) than for cupcakes ( M = 2.92).

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separated); neither interaction approached significance.

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