Table 1. Means and standard deviations of subjective rating scores on the images.
Baby animals | Adult animals | Control* | |||||
M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | ||
Experiment 1 | Cute | 4.8a | 0.6 | 4.2b | 0.8 | ||
Infantile | 4.8a | 0.7 | 2.7b | 0.6 | |||
Pleasant | 4.5 | 0.7 | 4.4 | 0.8 | |||
Exciting | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.9 | |||
Experiment 2 | Cute | 5.0a | 0.3 | 3.8b | 0.4 | 2.2c | 0.8 |
Infantile | 5.0a | 0.4 | 2.3b | 0.7 | 1.8b | 0.7 | |
Pleasant | 4.5a | 0.7 | 4.2a | 0.3 | 5.0b | 0.5 | |
Exciting | 1.9 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 1.0 | |
Experiment 3 | Cute | 5.0a | 0.7 | 3.9b | 0.6 | 2.6c | 0.6 |
Infantile | 5.0a | 0.6 | 2.5b | 0.7 | 2.1c | 0.7 | |
Pleasant | 4.7a | 0.7 | 4.1b | 0.7 | 3.0c | 0.7 | |
Exciting | 3.0a | 1.3 | 2.8a | 1.0 | 1.9b | 0.9 |
Pleasant foods (Experiment 2) or neutral objects (Experiment 3).
Note. Ratings were made on 6-point scales (from 1 = not at all to 6 = very much). Means in the same row that do not share subscripts differ at p<0.05.