The Text Presents a Study by Masuda and His Colleagues

The text presents a study by Masuda and his colleagues (2008) in which researchers compared how participants perceived a central character when the surrounding characters in a picture either matched or did not match the central character's facial expression.What were they examining in this study?

A) whether differences in thinking style translate into differences in perception of facial expressions
B) whether differences in culture lead to differences in the accuracy of facial expression interpretation
C) whether cultural differences have an impact on the way people express emotion through facial expressions
D) whether gender differences in interpretation of facial expressions are larger than cultural differences
E) whether there are gender differences in the extent to which context has an impact on the perception of facial expressions