The follow-up sex-split (compare groups) MANOVA with neuroticism as a dichotomous between-subject variable showed a marginally significant three-way interaction of target presence, set size, and neuroticism in men, F (2, 27) = 3.15, p = .052, η 2 = .11, and in women, F (1, 38) = 3.83, p = .058, η 2 = .10.
In the women sample, a significant effect of conscientiousness on pop-out versus conjunction search was revealed, F (1, 38) = 4.15, p = .050, η 2 = .12. The follow-up of the significant interaction with a sex-split (compare groups) MANOVA with conscientiousness as a dichotomous between-subject variable as expected showed no significant effects of conscientiousness in men, p s > .162, while in women, the three-way interaction of pop-out versus conjunction by target absent/present by conscientiousness was approaching significance, F (1, 38) = 3.77, p = .060, η 2 = .09.
Reaction Times RT analyses yielded highly significant statistical effects for all factors and two-way interactions, p s < .001.