not fully significantp = 0.057
Interestingly, Mann–Whitney post-hoc analysis showed a significant increase of the trust scores assigned to the untrustworthy faces in the SM condition (Mdn = 30%, 95%CI [27.5, 30]) compared to the NM condition (Mdn = 20%, 95%CI [15, 25]) ( U = 429, p < 0.001, r = 0.41) and, albeit not fully significant, to the TM one (Mdn = 20%, 95%CI [20, 30]) ( U = 636, p = 0.057, r = 0.21) – indicating that untrustworthy faces are rated as “less untrustworthy” when wearing TM and, even less, when wearing SM.