Table 4B.
Group Sentences: Means, standard deviations, z-scores, p-values and effect sizes of performance accuracy by listeners' gender.
| Stimulus type | Emotion category | Female | Male | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | M (SD) | n | M (SD) | z | p | d | ||
| Affect bursts | Angry | 72 | 0.64 (0.13) | 73 | 0.65 (0.16) | −0.81 | 1.00 | 0.07 |
| Disgust | 72 | 0.83 (0.10) | 73 | 0.83 (0.12) | 0.23 | 1.00 | 0.07 | |
| Fear | 72 | 0.69 (0.18) | 73 | 0.68 (0.20) | 0.07 | 1.00 | 0.03 | |
| Happy | 72 | 0.98 (0.05) | 73 | 0.96 (0.11) | 0.80 | 1.00 | 0.27 | |
| Neutral | 72 | 0.96 (0.06) | 73 | 0.95 (0.08) | 0.20 | 1.00 | 0.11 | |
| Sad | 72 | 0.96 (0.09) | 73 | 0.96 (0.08) | 0.24 | 1.00 | 0.04 | |
| Surprise | 72 | 0.61 (0.20) | 73 | 0.56 (0.23) | 1.26 | 1.00 | 0.23 | |
| Overall | 72 | 0.81 (0.05) | 73 | 0.80 (0.06) | 0.86 | 1.00 | 0.22 | |
| Pseudo-sentences | Angry | 72 | 0.86 (0.12) | 73 | 0.81 (0.13) | 1.92 | 0.434 | 0.32 |
| Disgust | 72 | 0.50 (0.17) | 73 | 0.45 (0.17) | 1.97 | 0.393 | 0.28 | |
| Fear | 72 | 0.59 (0.17) | 73 | 0.54 (0.18) | 1.83 | 0.533 | 0.30 | |
| Happy | 72 | 0.63 (0.16) | 73 | 0.57 (0.16) | 1.99 | 0.368 | 0.37 | |
| Neutral | 72 | 0.92 (0.09) | 73 | 0.92 (0.09) | −0.26 | 1.00 | 0.02 | |
| Sad | 72 | 0.80 (0.13) | 73 | 0.76 (0.15) | 1.74 | 0.649 | 0.28 | |
| Surprise | 72 | 0.39 (0.17) | 73 | 0.41 (0.16) | −0.49 | 1.00 | 0.12 | |
| Overall | 72 | 0.67 (0.06) | 73 | 0.64 (0.06) | 2.87 | 0.033 | 0.49 | |
| Lexical sentences | Angry | 72 | 0.96 (0.05) | 73 | 0.96 (0.06) | −1.19 | 1.00 | 0.10 |
| Disgust | 72 | 0.69 (0.20) | 73 | 0.66 (0.16) | 0.96 | 1.00 | 0.11 | |
| Fear | 72 | 0.78 (0.15) | 73 | 0.78 (0.17) | −0.29 | 1.00 | 0.01 | |
| Happy | 72 | 0.75 (0.16) | 73 | 0.75 (0.17) | −0.20 | 1.00 | 0.00 | |
| Neutral | 72 | 0.91 (0.09) | 73 | 0.92 (0.08) | −0.73 | 1.00 | 0.17 | |
| Sad | 72 | 0.91 (0.08) | 73 | 0.90 (0.09) | 0.53 | 1.00 | 0.10 | |
| Surprise | 72 | 0.34 (0.18) | 73 | 0.40 (0.20) | −2.08 | 0.298 | 0.35 | |
| Overall | 72 | 0.76 (0.07) | 73 | 0.77 (0.06) | −0.69 | 1.00 | 0.13 | |
| Neutral sentences | Angry | 72 | 0.97 (0.05) | 73 | 0.98 (0.03) | −1.29 | 1.00 | 0.26 |
| Disgust | 72 | 0.69 (0.14) | 73 | 0.66 (0.17) | 0.48 | 1.00 | 0.14 | |
| Fear | 72 | 0.60 (0.21) | 73 | 0.54 (0.18) | 1.81 | 0.491 | 0.30 | |
| Happy | 72 | 0.78 (0.13) | 73 | 0.74 (0.16) | 1.45 | 1.00 | 0.31 | |
| Neutral | 72 | 0.86 (0.13) | 73 | 0.86 (0.13) | 0.35 | 1.00 | 0.04 | |
| Sad | 72 | 0.78 (0.19) | 73 | 0.76 (0.18) | 0.75 | 1.00 | 0.09 | |
| Overall | 72 | 0.78 (0.08) | 73 | 0.76 (0.08) | 1.86 | 0.442 | 0.30 | |
| Overall | 72 | 0.75 (0.05) | 73 | 0.73 (0.05) | 1.60 | 0.110 | 0.31 | |
The group comparisons between males and females were made using the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test. The decoding performance accuracy was higher for females as indicated by positive z-scores and higher for males as indicated by negative z-scores. The tests were conducted for each emotion separately, across all emotions and stimulus types. All p-values were Bonferroni corrected.