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Table 3 Descriptive statistics of the eye tracking data

From: The influence of resource-gaining capacity on mate preferences: an eye tracking study

Mating strategy

Eye movement index

Mating dimension

Sex

Low-score group

High-score group

M

SD

M

SD

Long-term mating

Fixation count

Good parents

Male

69.00

33.472

62.45

24.14

Female

82.69

47.549

61.53

21.534

Good genes

Male

81.50

40.678

69.77

27.054

Female

85.37

30.091

68.27

22.521

Good providers

Male

90.33

41.268

68.45

31.426

Female

89.06

44.834

65.67

21.602

Average fixation duration

Good parents

Male

2234.79

874.874

1790.13

800.611

Female

2306.20

1378.135

1848.62

654.971

Good genes

Male

2712.96

1080.237

2047.72

860.705

Female

2380.89

872.326

2175.48

810.344

Good providers

Male

2527.89

885.47

2055.57

1001.486

Female

2392.16

1236.728

1971.99

634.169

Average pupil size

Good parents

Male

2475.05

846.117

2259.50

772.194

Female

2332.06

555.32

2379.67

898.41

Good genes

Male

2531.57

798.743

2326.13

742.872

Female

2349.66

523.136

2418.31

859.487

Good providers

Male

2604.36

667.304

2301.81

770.14

Female

2337.88

525.521

2423.10

872.478

Fixation count

Good parents

Male

53.83

13.949

59.50

26.468

Short-term mating

Female

76.38

30.72

48.67

19.5

Good genes

Male

55.50

18.855

62.18

25.867

Female

81.25

30.366

60.33

20.632

Good providers

Male

59.17

20.692

64.09

27.248

Female

77.00

30.774

54.47

15.579

Average fixation duration

Good parents

Male

1672.09

637.911

1708.96

966.625

Female

2013.95

1019.175

1341.98

384.844

Good genes

Male

1731.56

640.701

1839.12

904.963

Female

2227.27

898.238

1642.02

408.034

Good providers

Male

1703.22

645.391

1854.41

864.858

Female

2161.10

967.157

1591.22

339.134

Average pupil size

Good parents

Male

2599.02

688.415

2313.71

695.656

Female

2414.50

620.083

2431.38

871.001

Good genes

Male

2679.35

636.479

2343.51

727.867

Female

2422.64

653.049

2489.94

870.696

Good providers

Male

2735.50

640.282

2353.91

721.928

Female

2394.83

631.048

2457.56

878.522