Visualization of the hypotheses and observed opinion shifts during Study 1. TakácsKároly FlacheAndreas MäsMichael 2016 <p>The horizontal axis of Fig 1 shows initial opinion distance, which—following specifications of positive and negative influence in recent formal modeling work—is the core independent variable of our analyses. The vertical axis charts the main dependent variable, the direction and magnitude of opinion change towards the source after the first stimulus. Positive values indicate that the participant’s opinion shifted towards the source. Negative values represent an opinion shift away from the source. The magnitude measures in both cases how much the initial opinion dissimilarity was reduced or increased by the opinion shift in absolute terms. The two grey solid lines define the maximal positive and negative opinion shift that is possible given the initial opinion distance.</p>