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Attractiveness modulates attention894Figure 6. Validation of the Stimuli of Experiment 3. Probability of receiving high attractiveness ratings was higher for stimuli categorized as “attractive” (a). This is also depicted in (b), which treats the ratings as a continuous variable for visualization purposes.Simple ModelTo test our main prediction that attractiveness would significantly influence gaze cuing, we ran a Bayesian mixed model with by-subject mean-centered RT per trial as dependent variable and the interaction between attractiveness category and gaze congruency as independent variables (Table 3; see Appendix G for model stability c). We found a robust main effect of gaze congruency on RT (Figure 7), suggesting that people responded faster when the probe appeared on the side that was congruent with the gaze direction of the stimulus (median difference = 32.16 [1.33], 89% CI [30.01, 34.32], pd = 1.00).We found no clear effect of attractiveness category on RT for congruent and incongruent trials. Specifically, on incongruent trials, there was no substantial difference in RT between attractive and intermediate stimuli (median difference = −1.68 [2.33], 89% CI [−5.39, 2.09], pd = .76), as well as for unattractive and intermediate stimuli (median difference= 3.22 [2.39], 89% CI [−.52, 6.92], pd = Tom Roth.indd 89 08-01-2024 10:41