Figures & data
Figure 1. Emotion differentiation across age. The blue line is a representation of the best fit obtained by using local polynomial regression fitting, and the gray area represents the corresponding 95% confidence interval.
![Figure 1. Emotion differentiation across age. The blue line is a representation of the best fit obtained by using local polynomial regression fitting, and the gray area represents the corresponding 95% confidence interval.](/cms/asset/036a8c80-897f-408b-8469-868a9c8e9afb/hmbr_a_2347960_f0001_c.jpg)
Table 1. Type I error rates.
Table 2. Maximum power lost compared to Pearson’s test.
Figure 3. Power comparisons between Pearson’s test and the distance correlation, and HHG-Pearson tests. Neg. Exp.: negative exponential; Missed Mod.: missed moderator; Mean Indep.: mean independence.
![Figure 3. Power comparisons between Pearson’s test and the distance correlation, and HHG-Pearson tests. Neg. Exp.: negative exponential; Missed Mod.: missed moderator; Mean Indep.: mean independence.](/cms/asset/8b8eb845-e3ca-4ed1-9989-40c9387b9e62/hmbr_a_2347960_f0003_c.jpg)
Table 3. Pairwise power comparisons.
Figure 4. Power comparison between Kendall’s and Spearman’s tests, and the distance correlation and HHG-Pearson tests. Neg. Exp.: negative exponential; Missed Mod.: missed moderator; Mean Indep.: mean independence.
![Figure 4. Power comparison between Kendall’s and Spearman’s tests, and the distance correlation and HHG-Pearson tests. Neg. Exp.: negative exponential; Missed Mod.: missed moderator; Mean Indep.: mean independence.](/cms/asset/8b42e351-9d2d-4d67-9813-684e9e5ea404/hmbr_a_2347960_f0004_c.jpg)
Figure 5. Power comparison between the distance correlation and HHG-Pearson tests. Neg. Exp.: negative exponential; Missed Mod.: missed moderator; Mean Indep.: mean independence.
![Figure 5. Power comparison between the distance correlation and HHG-Pearson tests. Neg. Exp.: negative exponential; Missed Mod.: missed moderator; Mean Indep.: mean independence.](/cms/asset/058f1332-c986-4bbc-a854-9a02ce2b7fb0/hmbr_a_2347960_f0005_c.jpg)
Table A1. Power.
Supplemental Material
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