A positive value of the difference score represents an increase in judged size or intensity.
If a viewer prefers dark and tall, then in this display they should attend left when judging contrast versus right when judging size, even in otherwise identical displays.
Most participants judged size configurations by attending to the taller bar first, whereas most participants judged contrast configurations by attending to the darker bar first.
Half of the participants judged size configurations while task-irrelevant contrast values varied independently (Experiment 1a), and the other half judged contrast configurations while task-irrelevant size values varied independently (Experiment 1b).
In summation, perception of formants and formant spacing can be an important cue for judging size of conspecifics, as several studies have shown in humans [15], the rhesus monkey [16] and dogs [17], [18].
Humans are also very good at judging size information from auditory cues [3, 5, 6].
Our motivation for the eye tracking was the hypothesis that observers might look less at the inducer women when judging attractiveness than when judging size and hence perceive a reduced illusion.
In support of previous work (Tovée et al., 1999; Smith et al., 2007), we also found that the BMI and the skin tone of the target women themselves contributed to their judged size and attractiveness with thinner, more tanned women being judged as smaller and more attractive.
"Y'all sound good," he judged, sizing us up.
Proponents judge the size of their bribes in proportion to the size of the favors they hope to receive.
