Table 5 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)

6.69*** (0.62)

[5.66, 7.71]

 

Cultural group (Chinese/German)

2.45 (1.49)

[−0.03, 4.92]

 

Cultural group x Inference condition

−4.50*** (0.88)

[−5.94, −3.10]

 

Random effects

Variance (Std. Dev.)

95% CI

 

Participants

38.3 (6.19)

[5.49, 7.16]

 

Artworks

3.76 (1.94)

[1.41, 2.67]

AD

Fixed effects

Estimate (SE)

95% CI

 

Inference condition (intra/inter-cultural)

3.99*** (0.54)

[3.10, 4.87]

 

Cultural group (Chinese/German)

0.08 (1.58)

[−2.55, 2.70]

 

Cultural group x Inference condition

−1.75* (0.76)

[−2.99, −0.51]

 

Random effects

Variance (Std. Dev.)

95% CI

 

Participants

46.1 (6.79)

[5.96, 7.82]

 

Artworks

3.45 (1.86)

[1.38, 2.53]

CD

Fixed effects

Estimate (SE)

95% CI

 

Inference condition (intra/inter-cultural)

4.46*** (0.57)

[3.53, 5.39]

 

Cultural group (Chinese/German)

3.10 (1.58)

[0.48, 5.71]

 

Cultural group x Inference condition

−4.92*** (0.80)

[−6.23, −3.61]

 

Random effects

Variance (std. dev.)

95% CI

 

Participants

45.0 (6.71)

[5.87, 7.73]

 

Artworks

6.40 (2.53)

[1.94, 3.38]

  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 < 0.001.