The Authors of Your Text Present a Study by Masuda

The authors of your text present a study by Masuda and his colleagues (2008) that examined cultural differences in social perception. They compared how participants perceived a central character when the surrounding characters in a picture either matched or mismatched the central character's facial expression. What concept were they examining in this study?

A) Differences in thinking style translate into differences in interpreting facial expression.
B) Differences in culture lead to differences in accuracy of facial expression interpretation.
C) Cultural differences have no impact on how people perceive facial expressions.
D) Gender differences are larger than cultural differences in terms of how people interpret facial expressions.