Fig. 2
From: The brain represents people as the mental states they habitually experience
Comparing the summed state and trait accounts of person perception. a For each target, state frequencies (purple), neural pattern similarity (black), and trait ratings (green) were converted into the common metric of interpersonal similarity (b). Orange arrows indicate similarities measured in each respective space. Arrows from a to b represent the extraction of similarities from each measure. c The summed state similarities (top) were more strongly correlated with neural similarity than trait similarity (bottom). Arrows from b to c indicate which similarities map onto which scatter plot axes. These findings replicated using other similarity measures—ratings, choices, reaction times, and text—suggesting that summed states provide a better account of person perception. The shaded regions in the scatterplots represent 95% confidence intervals around the best fit lines
