Fig. 3: Scores of conceptual similarities between emotion pairs for different age groups in Study 2. | Nature Communications

Fig. 3: Scores of conceptual similarities between emotion pairs for different age groups in Study 2.

From: Conceptual knowledge increasingly supports emotion understanding as perceptual contribution declines with age

Fig. 3

The Pearson correlation coefficient was employed as the calculation method, where the correlation values span from −1 to 1. Lower numerical values signify a reduced conceptual similarity between two emotions. Each box represents the median (center line) and the 25th and 75th percentiles (box bounds), with whiskers extending to the most extreme values within 1.5× the interquartile range, according to Tukey’s method. Dots represent individual outliers. Data were derived from biologically independent participants, with no technical replicates (n = 144 children: 5–6 years, n = 61; 7–8 years, n = 39; 9–10 years, n = 44; and n = 39 adults), with no technical replicates. A repeated-measures ANOVA revealed a significant interaction between emotion pair and age group (F(6.561, 391.481) = 6.925, p < 0.001, ηp2 = 0.104, 95% CI [0.042, 0.150]).

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