Table 1 Fixed effects results in Experiments 1, 2 and 3. Bold values represent significant fixed effects or interactions.

From: Space oddity: musical syntax is mapped onto visual space

Experiment

Dependent variable

Fixed effect

Estimate

Std. error

Df

t/z value

p value

1

Y

(Intercept)

52.60

2.06

47.41

25.51

 < 0.001

Category: unstable diatonic

− 4.56

1.52

110.24

− 3.00

0.003

Category: chromatic

− 5.61

1.65

72.38

− 3.41

0.001

Mode: minor

0.07

1.44

357.76

0.05

0.96

Group: non-musicians

− 1.41

2.85

47.85

− 0.50

0.62

Category: unstable diatonic X

0.61

1.78

7752.65

0.34

0.73

Mode: minor

Category: chromatic X

2.44

1.78

7752.65

1.37

0.17

Mode: minor

Category: unstable diatonic X

2.59

2.12

114.57

1.22

0.22

Group: non-musicians

Category: chromatic X

0.70

2.29

74.29

0.31

0.76

Group: non-musicians

Mode: minor X

− 1.40

2.01

380.31

− 0.70

0.48

Group: non-musicians

Category: unstable diatonic X

0.54

2.49

7752.65

0.22

0.83

Mode: minor X

Group: non-musicians

Category: chromatic X

0.68

2.49

7752.65

0.27

0.78

Mode: minor X

Group: non-musicians

X

(Intercept)

48.06

1.45

62.23

33.03

 < 0.001

Category: unstable diatonic

3.22

1.37

162.65

2.35

0.020

Category: chromatic

5.67

1.78

63.45

3.19

0.002

Mode: minor

0.97

1.31

7792.12

0.73

0.46

Group: non-musicians

− 0.36

2.02

63.39

− 0.18

0.86

Category: unstable diatonic X

− 0.88

1.70

7792.12

− 0.52

0.61

Mode: minor

Category: chromatic X

− 2.74

1.70

7792.12

− 1.61

0.11

Mode: minor

Category: unstable diatonic X

− 1.66

1.91

169.90

− 0.87

0.39

Group: non-musicians

Category: chromatic X

− 3.99

2.46

64.67

− 1.62

0.11

Group: non-musicians

Mode: minor X

0.14

1.84

7792.12

0.08

0.94

Group: non-musicians

Category: unstable diatonicX

0.47

2.38

7792.12

0.20

0.84

Mode: minor X

Group: non-musicians

Category: chromatic X

1.99

2.38

7792.12

0.84

0.40

Mode: minor X

Group: non-musicians

2

RTs

(Intercept)

642.13

16.76

38.66

38.31

 < 0.001

Congruence: incongruent

0.78

8.13

54.85

0.10

0.92

Group: non-musicians

59.28

23.74

38.91

2.50

0.017

Modality: visual

− 139.37

22.79

39.53

− 6.12

 < 0.001

Congruence: incongruent X

12.83

11.67

58.31

1.10

0.28

Group: non-musicians

Congruence: incongruent X

9.60

7.02

20,540.88

1.37

0.17

Modality: visual

Group: non-musicians X

36.98

32.27

39.73

1.15

0.26

Modality: visual

Congruence: incongruent X

5.00

10.24

20,573.48

0.49

0.63

Group: non-musicians X

Modality: visual

Accuracy

(Intercept)

3.37

0.29

 

11.79

 < 0.001

Congruence: incongruent

− 0.30

0.13

 

− 2.23

0.026

Modality: visual

− 0.37

0.28

 

− 1.33

0.185

Group: non-musicians

− 1.14

0.39

 

− 2.90

0.004

Congruence: incongruent X

0.01

0.16

 

0.05

0.96

Modality: visual

Congruence: incongruent X

0.10

0.16

 

0.58

0.56

Group: non-musicians

Modality: visual X

0.79

0.39

 

2.05

0.041

Group: non-musicians

Congruence: incongruent X

− 0.04

0.20

 

− 0.22

0.83

Modality: visual X

Group: non-musicians

3

RTs

(Intercept)

631.67

26.95

26.19

23.44

 < 0.001

Congruence: congruent

24.78

7.25

42.03

3.42

0.001

Group: non-musicians

64.01

38.13

26.23

1.68

0.11

Modality: visual

− 209.27

25.77

26.84

− 8.12

 < 0.001

Congruence: congruent X

− 8.12

10.38

43.89

− 0.78

0.49

Group: non-musicians

Congruence: congruent X

− 21.65

6.83

14,561.35

− 3.17

0.002

Modality: visual

Group: non-musicians X

− 58.81

36.46

26.87

− 1.61

0.12

Modality: visual

Congruence: congruent X

7.54

9.79

14,571.60

0.77

0.44

Group: non-musicians X

Modality: visual

Accuracy

(Intercept)

3.18

0.34

 

9.32

 < 0.001

Congruence: congruent

− 0.22

0.18

 

− 1.21

0.23

Group: non-musicians

− 0.79

0.47

 

− 1.66

0.096

Modality: visual

0.87

0.18

 

4.90

 < 0.001

Congruence: congruent X

0.01

0.23

 

0.06

0.95

Group: non-musicians

Congruence: congruent X

0.26

0.26

 

1.01

0.31

Modality: visual

Group: non-musicians X

1.48

0.26

 

5.60

 < 0.001

Modality: visual

Congruence: congruent X

− 0.44

0.37

 

− 1.18

0.24

Group: non-musicians X

Modality: visual