Table 9 Descriptive statistics of the intra- and inter-cultural inference ability scores on the three aesthetic dimensions of both participant groups for Chinese art.
From: On the universality of aesthetic preference and inference: a cross-cultural (Chinese–German) study
Chinese art | |||||||
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Intra-cultural inference ability (difference scores) | Inter-cultural inference ability (difference scores) | ||||||
Subjects | BD | AD | CD | BD | AD | CD | |
Chinese participants (n = 43) | M (SD) | 17.5 (12.6) | 16.0 (12.1) | 17.1 (12.6) | 19.1 (14.7) | 17.2 (12.5) | 21.4 (14.6) |
German participants (n = 40) | M (SD) | 18.5 (13.5) | 16.4 (12.5) | 19.1 (12.8) | 19.7 (13.1) | 18.8 (13.3) | 18.3 (13.2) |