Whereas groups did not differ in valence ratings for picture 1, a specific contrast revealed that spider phobic individuals rated pictures 2 7 as more unpleasant than the other groups, t 55) = -3.70, p =.0005, while spider aficionados rated pictures 6 and 7 as more pleasant than controls and social phobic individuals, t(40) = 2.70, p =.01 (compare Figure 2).
Whereas groups did not differ in arousal ratings for picture 1, a specific contrast revealed that spider phobic individuals rated pictures 2 7 as more arousing than the other groups, t 55) = 2.23, p =.03 (compare Figure 2).
Students who had consumed alcohol rated pictures of people their own age as being more attractive than did the controls in the experiment, who drunk only lime cordial.
Half of the participants looked at (and rated) pictures of salty foods while the other half rated pictures of sweets.
The results showed that the virtual human model appearance influenced subjects when they rated pictures one by one: a more realistic manikin was rated higher than the identical posture visualized with a less natural appearance.
In addition to participating in the moderated group discussion, participants utilized dolls and props to demonstrate their normal infant sleep routine, and rated pictures depicting infant sleep environments as safe, unsafe, or unsure.
According to Liu's results, the subjects rated pictures as more attractive when they heard loud and fast respiration that sounded as though it was coming "from themselves".
Thirty-two healthy volunteers between the age of 20 and 60 rated pictures of natural human faces and faces of virtual characters (avatars) with respect to the expressed emotions: happiness, sadness, anger, fear, disgust, and neutral.
However, American females commonly rated pictures featuring nudity or male genitals with highest valence scores.
In both groups, patients rated pictures of the alternative approach comparable to the rates of their own scars in each group.
Notably, the patients' errors, when they made them, were not random, but were in the same direction as the controls; i.e., they rated pictures as closer up.
