Fig. 2.

Sex differences in the part-whole effect. A Response accuracies: Female participants displayed a higher recognition accuracy in general. Male participants recognized significantly more whole faces compared to face parts, whereas no significant difference was present for female participants. B Reaction times: Male and female participants recognized face parts significantly faster compared to whole faces. This effect was significantly higher in male than in female participants. *p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001. Notches represent the 95% CI for each median