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A multidimensional scaling technique was applied in the judgment of ambiguous facial expressions using 10 Japanese Noh faces. Subject groups from West Germany and Japan rated 45 pairs of faces using a 9-point similarity scale. A derived stimulus configuration revealed cross-cultural differences in the perception of ambiguous faces.
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This work was supported by grants from DAAD (West Germany) and JSPS (Japan). Part of the data were collected during the author’s stay at the Institute for Medical Psychology, University of Munich, 1985. Thanks are due to David Pöppel and Brigitte Jordan for their help in collecting the data and to Ernst Pöppel for his advice during the experiment.
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Osaka, N. Cross-cultural differences in the perception of facial expressions of ambiguous Noh faces. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 24, 427–430 (1986). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03330571
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