Table 10 Linear mixed-effects analyses predicting aesthetic inference abilities on the three aesthetic dimensions from the inference condition (intra/inter-cultural) and cultural group (Chinese/German).

From: On the universality of aesthetic preference and inference: a cross-cultural (Chinese–German) study

Dimension

   

BD

Fixed effects

Estimate (SE)

95% CI

 

Inference condition (intra/inter-cultural)

1.60** (0.57)

[0.66, 2.55]

 

Cultural group (Chinese/German)

0.93 (1.25)

[−1.33, 2.99]

 

Cultural group x Inference condition

3.14*** (0.83)

[1.78, 4.50]

 

Random effects

Variance (Std. Dev.)

95% CI

 

Participants

25.0 (5.00)

[4.34, 5.81]

 

Artworks

4.99 (2.23)

[1.68, 3.01]

AD

Fixed effects

Estimate (SE)

95% CI

 

Inference condition (intra/inter-cultural)

1.26* (0.61)

[0.26, 2.25]

 

Cultural group (Chinese/German)

34.1*** (1.34)

[31.8, 36.3]

 

Cultural group x Inference condition

−32.5*** (0.87)

[−33.9, −31.1]

 

Random effects

Variance (Std. Dev.)

95% CI

 

Participants

29.5 (5.43)

[4.71, 6.30]

 

Artworks

1.97 (1.40)

[0.92, 2.02]

CD

Fixed effects

Estimate (SE)

95% CI

 

Inference condition (intra/inter-cultural)

4.26*** (0.51)

[3.42, 5.10]

 

Cultural group (Chinese/German)

1.91 (1.51)

[−0.60, 4.42]

 

Cultural group x Inference condition

−4.99*** (0.74)

[−6.20, −3.78]

 

Random effects

Variance (Std. Dev.)

95% CI

 

Participants

41.9 (6.47)

[5.67, 7.45]

 

Artworks

0.92 (0.96)

[0.54, 1.45]

  1. Number of observations = 3984, total IDs = 83, total Artworks = 24. CI confidence interval, SE standard error, Std. Dev. standard deviation, BD beauty dimension; AD affective dimension, CD cognitive dimension. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.