One Label or Two? Linguistic Influences on the Similarity Judgment of Objects between English and Japanese Speakers.

Front Psychol · 2017 · PMC5623002 · PMID 29018375

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hedged sentences

0.0910

closest p · 1.8× alpha

0.2570

boldest claim

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marginally significantp = 0.091so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

This pattern was marginally significant, F (1,57) = 2.96, p = 0.091, η p 2 = 0.025, suggesting that Japanese speakers may apply the visual-based strategy to the similarity judgment better than English speakers.

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.257not close (p > 0.1)

Results indicated that the interaction value did not reach statistical significance, F (1,119) = 1.30, p = 0.257, η p 2 = 0.011, suggesting that the magnitude of the language effects was similar between Study 2 ( M jpn = 0.47, SD jpn = 0.59 vs.

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