Table 3 Fixed effects results in Experiments 4, 4A and 5. Bold values represent significant fixed effects or interactions.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

4

Size

(Intercept)

5.50

0.25

49.85

21.92

 < 0.001

Category: unstable diatonic

− 1.60

0.31

50.90

− 5.17

 < 0.001

Category: chromatic

− 2.20

0.37

46.38

− 5.94

 < 0.001

Group: non-musician

− 1.48

0.35

49.85

− 4.16

 < 0.001

Large circle position: right

− 0.90

0.35

49.85

− 2.55

0.014

Mode: minor

− 0.14

0.16

7560.01

− 0.91

0.36

Category: unstable diatonic X

1.55

0.44

50.90

3.55

0.001

Group: non-musician

Category: chromatic X

2.10

0.52

46.38

4.03

 < 0.001

Group: non-musician

Category: unstable diatonic X

1.28

0.44

50.90

2.93

0.005

Large circle: right

Category: chromatic X

1.89

0.52

46.38

3.63

0.001

Large circle: right

Group: non-musician X

0.91

0.50

49.85

1.82

0.075

Large circle: right

Category: unstable diatonic X

− 0.21

0.20

7560.01

− 1.06

0.29

Mode: minor

Category: chromatic X

0.48

0.20

7560.01

2.43

0.015

Mode: minor

Group: non-musician X

0.03

0.22

7560.01

0.12

0.90

Mode: minor

Large circle: right X

− 0.11

0.22

7560.01

− 0.51

0.61

Mode: minor

Category: unstable diatonic X

− 1.26

0.62

50.90

− 2.04

0.046

Group:non-musician X

Large circle: right

Category: chromatic X

− 1.91

0.74

46.38

− 2.59

0.013

Group:non-musician X

Large circle: right

Category: unstable diatonic X

0.20

0.28

7560.01

0.73

0.47

Group: non-musician X

Mode: minor

Category: chromatic X

− 0.44

0.28

7560.01

− 1.57

0.12

Group: non-musician X

Mode: minor

Category: unstable diatonic X

0.45

0.28

7560.01

1.60

0.11

Large circle: right X

Mode: minor

Category: chromatic X

− 0.27

0.28

7560.01

− 0.98

0.33

Large circle: right X

Mode: minor

Group: non-musician X

0.29

0.31

7560.01

0.95

0.34

Large circle: right X

Mode: minor

Category: unstable diatonic X

− 0.48

0.40

7560.01

− 1.20

0.23

Group: non-musician X

Large circle: right X

Mode: minor

Category: chromatic X

0.25

0.40

7560.01

0.64

0.52

Group: non-musician X

Large circle: right X

Mode: minor

4a

size

(Intercept)

4.54

0.18

17.92

25.13

 < 0.001

Category: unstable diatonic

− 0.54

0.17

35.06

− 3.16

0.003

Category: chromatic

− 0.58

0.19

24.36

− 3.11

0.005

Large circle position: right

− 0.13

0.16

4204.00

− 0.80

0.42

Mode: minor

0.09

0.15

4204.00

0.63

0.53

Category: unstable diatonic X

0.53

0.20

4142.00

2.65

0.008

Large circle: right

Category: chromatic X

0.39

0.20

4197.00

1.97

0.049

Large circle: right

Category: unstable diatonic X

− 0.21

0.19

4204.00

− 1.14

0.26

Mode: minor

Category: chromatic X

0.10

0.19

4204.00

0.52

0.60

Mode: minor

Large circle: right X

− 0.03

0.22

4204.00

− 0.16

0.87

Mode: minor

Category: unstable diatonic X

0.01

0.28

4204.00

0.03

0.98

Large circle: right X

Mode: minor

Category: chromatic X

− 0.16

0.28

4204.00

− 0.57

0.57

Large circle: right X

Mode: minor

5

RTs

(Intercept)

536.45

20.07

15.15

26.73

 < 0.001

Congruence: congruent

10.72

9.63

19.62

1.11

0.28

Group: non-musicians

− 29.14

12.52

17.17

− 2.33

0.032

Modality: visual

7.22

27.61

15.20

0.26

0.80

Congruence: congruent X

7.42

6.76

9898.58

1.10

0.27

Group: non-musicians

Congruence: congruent X

− 17.81

13.32

20.07

− 1.34

0.20

Modality: visual

Group: non-musicians X

− 21.49

17.23

17.27

− 1.25

0.23

Modality: visual

Congruence: congruent X

− 4.96

9.35

9900.43

− 0.53

0.60

Group: non-musicians X

Modality: visual

Accuracy

(Intercept)

2.47

0.37

6.72

 

 < 0.001

Congruence: congruent

− 0.24

0.18

− 1.36

 

0.17

Group: non-musicians

− 0.48

0.50

− 0.96

 

0.34

Modality: visual

− 0.16

0.23

− 0.70

 

0.49

Congruence: congruent X

0.16

0.24

0.66

 

0.51

Group: non-musicians

Congruence: congruent X

− 0.04

0.18

− 0.22

 

0.83

Modality: visual

Group: non-musicians X

0.97

0.32

3.05

 

0.002

Modality: visual

Congruence: congruent X

− 0.26

0.25

− 1.07

 

0.29

Group: non-musicians X

Modality: visual