Table 2 Mean (in bold) ± SD of size matchings in Experiments 4 and 4A as a function of musical experience group (musicians/non-musicians) and circles’ direction (large circle to small circle from right to left, or from left to right).
From: Space oddity: musical syntax is mapped onto visual space
Experiment | Group | Circles direction | Stable diatonic | Unstable diatonic | Chromatic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | Musicians | Left–right | 5.43 ± 1.74 | 3.71 ± 1.76 | 3.46 ± 1.73 |
Right–left | 4.46 ± 1.75 | 4.27 ± 1.7 | 4.27 ± 1.95 | ||
Non-musicians | Left–right | 3.96 ± 1.7 | 3.91 ± 1.75 | 3.9 ± 1.68 | |
Right–left | 4.07 ± 1.73 | 4.02 ± 1.77 | 3.96 ± 1.77 | ||
4A | Musicians | Left–right | 4.58 ± 1.6 | 3.98 ± 1.72 | 4.03 ± 1.67 |
Right–left | 4.44 ± 1.51 | 4.33 ± 1.67 | 4.22 ± 1.63 |
