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Table 3 Study 6: Frequency with which action similarities identified

From: Is sitting invisible? Exploring how people mentally represent sitting

Set

N

Photo

Posture

Higher-level action

Higher-level pairings (photos A-B), N (%)

Posture-based pairings (photos A-C), N (%)

χ 2

1

67

   

65 (97.0%)

2 (3.0%)

59.24***

 

A

Standing

Talking on phone

   
 

B

Sitting

Talking on phone

   
 

C

Standing

Painting

   

2

62

   

61 (98.4%)

1 (1.6%)

58.07***

 

A

Sitting

Playing guitar

   
 

B

Standing

Playing guitar

   
 

C

Sitting

Looking at laptop

   

3

56

   

52 (92.9%)

4 (7.1%)

41.14***

 

A

Sitting

Reading

   
 

B

Standing

Reading

   
 

C

Sitting

Taking a ‘selfie’

   

4

73

   

60 (82.2%)

13 (17.8%)

30.26***

 

A

Sitting

Eating

   
 

B

Standing

Eating

   
 

C

Sitting

Smoking

   

Total

258

   

238 (92.2%)

20 (7.8%)

184.20***

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