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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 10.
Published in final edited form as: J Pers Soc Psychol. 2010 Feb;98(2):175–189. doi: 10.1037/a0017990

Table 6.

Predicting Impressions of Generalization Faces From Activation of the Surprise Output Unit Controlling for Attractiveness, Babyfaceness, and Face Sex

Regression step Predictor Competence
Danger
Likeable
Expressive/loud
B (SE) β B (SE) β B (SE) β B (SE) β
Step 1 Intercept 2.90 (.163) 6.04 (.193) 1.46 (.160) 3.31 (.184)
Korean (vs. White faces) 0.61 (.070) .45*** −0.30 (.083) −.19*** −0.14 (.069) −.09* −0.82 (.079) −.50***
Black (vs. White faces) −0.21 (.069) −.15** 0.37 (.082) .22*** −0.23 (.068) −.15** 0.11 (.078) .06
Step 2 Intercept 2.91 (.167) 5.99 (.197) 1.51 (.164) 3.25 (.188)
Korean (vs. White faces) 0.60 (.073) .44*** −0.27 (.087) −.17** −0.16 (.072) −.11* −0.79 (.083) −.48***
Black (vs. White faces) −0.24 (.092) −.17* 0.45 (.109) .27*** −0.30 (.091) −.19** 0.21 (.104) .12*
Surprise unit activation 0.001 (.002) .03 −0.002 (.002) −.07 0.002 (.002) .06 −0.003 (.002) −.08
Step 3 Intercept 2.91 (.167) 6.00 (.198) 1.50 (.164) 3.24 (.189)
Korean (vs. White faces) 0.59 (.080) .43*** −0.29 (.095) −.19** −0.15 (.078) −.10 −0.77 (.090) −.47***
Black (vs. White faces) −0.33 (.111) −.23** 0.47 (.131) .28*** −0.35 (.109) −.22** 0.15 (.125) .09
Surprise unit activation 0.001 (.002) .03 −0.001 (.003) −.03 0.001 (.002) .03 −0.004 (.003) −.11
Surprise × Korean −0.003 (.004) −.04 −0.002 (.004) −.02 0.001 (.004) .01 0.000 (.004) .004
Surprise × Black 0.004 (.004) .08 −0.003 (.005) −.05 0.004 (.004) .07 0.01 (.005) .07

Note. Face sex was coded 0 for male faces and 1 for female faces. Korean was coded 1 for Korean faces and 0 for others; Black was coded 1 for Black faces and 0 for others. Surprise unit activation was centered.

p < .10.

*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.

***

p < .001.