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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 3.
Published in final edited form as: Exp Psychol. 2014;61(6):439–456. doi: 10.1027/1618-3169/a000263

Table 2.

Paired-sample t tests for Response Speed.

Exp. Array
Target Present
Target Absent
Size Face Type t df p d t df p d



1 16 Human vs. Primate 4.33 34 < .001 0.73 0.43 36 0.669
Human vs. Mammal 9.05 35 < .001 0.17 4.09 36 < .001 0.67
Primate vs. Mammal 6.81 35 < .001 1.13 3.75 36 0.001 0.62
36 Human vs. Primate 5.95 35 < .001 1.01 1.55 36 1.55
Human vs. Mammal 11.53 35 < .001 1.95 5.81 35 < .001 0.97
Primate vs. Mammal 4.06 35 < .001 0.69 5.56 35 < .001 0.93
64 Human vs. Primate 5.66 36 < .001 0.94 3.85 36 < .001 0.63
Human vs. Mammal 10.88 36 < .001 1.81 5.97 36 < .001 0.98
Primate vs. Mammal 6.65 36 < .001 1.11 1.66 36 0.105

2 16 Human vs. Primate 1.6 32 0.119 1.87 32 0.071
Human vs. Mammal 6.75 32 < .001 1.18 2.55 32 0.016 0.44
Primate vs. Mammal 6.71 32 < .001 1.17 1.12 32 0.27
36 Human vs. Primate 8.15 32 < .001 1.42 0.27 32 0.79
Human vs. Mammal 9.74 32 < .001 1.69 0.98 32 0.332
Primate vs. Mammal 6.5 32 < .001 1.13 1.48 32 0.148
64 Human vs. Primate 3.16 32 0.005 0.52 0.75 32 0.456
Human vs. Mammal 7.81 32 < .001 1.36 0.65 32 0.524
Primate vs. Mammal 5.89 32 < .001 1.03 1.58 32 0.125

3 16 Human vs. Macaque 0.95 34 0.349 4.04 34 <.001 .68
Human vs. Sheep 5.69 34 < .001 0.96 1.85 34 0.073
Macaque vs. Sheep 6.42 34 < .001 1.09 3.01 34 0.005 0.51
36 Human vs. Macaque 4.79 33 < .001 0.82 2.97 34 0.005 0.5
Human vs. Sheep 9.57 33 < .001 1.64 5.59 34 < .001 0.95
Macaque vs. Sheep 7.61 34 < .001 1.29 3.02 34 0.005 0.51
64 Human vs. Macaque 2.95 34 0.006 0.5 3.71 34 0.001 0.63
Human vs. Sheep 10.34 34 < .001 1.75 7.34 34 < .001 1.24
Macaque vs. Sheep 6.06 34 < .001 1.02 3.93 34 < .001 0.66

4 (Car) 16 Human vs. Primate 3.36 29 0.002 0.61 3.11 32 0.004 0.54
Human vs. Mammal 3.52 28 0.001 0.65 3.4 32 0.002 0.59
Primate vs. Mammal 0.31 29 0.758 0.63 32 0.533
36 Human vs. Primate 2.64 26 0.014 0.51 0.65 32 0.520
Human vs. Mammal 2.19 28 0.037 0.41 2.03 32 0.051
Primate vs. Mammal 1.37 27 0.182 0.65 32 0.520
64 Human vs. Primate 1.35 29 0.187 0.98 32 0.335
Human vs. Mammal 1.27 30 0.213 0.56 32 0.582
Primate vs. Mammal 2.01 29 0.054 0.75 32 0.462

4 (Butterfly) 16 Human vs. Primate 2.94 31 0.006 0.52 1.29 32 0.207
Human vs. Mammal 0.78 32 0.439 4.23 32 < .001 0.74
Primate vs. Mammal 0.04 31 0.966 1.31 32 0.201
36 Human vs. Primate 0.62 31 0.541 1.70 32 0.099
Human vs. Mammal 0.14 30 0.886 4.00 32 < .001 0.7
Primate vs. Mammal 1.10 31 0.281 1.90 32 0.067
64 Human vs. Primate 1.81 31 0.079 2.44 32 0.021 0.42
Human vs. Mammal 2.38 31 0.024 0.42 3.56 32 0.001 0.62
Primate vs. Mammal 0.51 32 0.611 1.62 32 0.116

Note. Paired sample t tests for each of the three experiments. Target present trials represent gaze RTs to face (Exp. 1–3) or non-face (Exp. 4) targets. Target absent trials represent manual RTs to report targets as absent.