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. When the central and peripheral characters' expressions did not match, Japanese participants were most likely to __________.

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Japanese participants were more likely to be influenced by the context, including the expressions of the peripheral characters, leading them to rate the central character's emotions as more similar to those around them. This reflects a cultural tendency towards considering the group and context in understanding situations.

The Authors of Your Text Present a Study by Masuda