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

   

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)

  1. BD beauty dimension, AD affective dimension, CD cognitive dimension.