Table 1 MODEL 1: Pupil responses to the digital broad-spectrum color fields, including pairwise two-way interactions between lightness, chroma (colorfulness) -as defined by the L and C values in the CIELCh color space-, and cohort (young vs older adults), as well as the following covariates including: sex, and color stimuli index.

From: Pupil responses to colorfulness are selectively reduced in healthy older adults

MODEL 1 Pupil responses to broad-spectrum colors

Predictors

Estimates

Confidence intervals

P values

Main effects

 (Intercept)

0.937

0.870–1.009

0.083

 Lightness (L*)i

0.910

0.900–0.922

 < 0.001

 Chroma (C*)ii

0.975

0.965–0.985

 < 0.001

 Cohort: Young adults

Reference

  

 Cohort: Older adults

1.106

1.057–1.158

 < 0.001

 Sex: Male

Reference

  

 Sex: Female

0.994

0.950–1.041

0.808

 Index

0.999

0.995–1.003

0.746

Interaction terms

 Lightness by chroma

1.000

0.996–1.004

0.900

 Lightness by cohort: young adults

0.910

0.899–0.922

0.843

 Lightness by cohort: older adults

0.911

0.899–0.922

 Chroma by cohort: young adults

0.966

0.955–0.976

 < 0.001

 Chroma by cohort: older adults

0.982

0.971–0.992

Random effects

 σ2

0.02

 τ00 ID.code

0.00

 τ00 Color.label

0.00

 ICC

0.32

 NID.code

37

 NColor.label

26

 Observations

782

  1. The pupil responses were computed as the log of the ratio of pupil size under experimental condition to baseline pupil size. Random effects added to the model included individual participant pupil data (ID code), color label, the total number of color trials (Observations), and the ratio between marginal regression coefficients and conditional regression coefficients. Main effects were found of color lightness (L), chroma (C ) and cohort. An interaction effect between chroma and cohort was found as well, which indicated a significant difference between the pupil responses to color saturation between young and older adults, whereby pupil responses to chroma intensity in older adults were weaker (see also Fig. 3).
  2. iEffect averaged over cohort and with chroma (saturation) held constant at C= 50 in the CIELCh color space.
  3. iiEffect averaged over cohort and with lightness held constant at L = 50 in the CIELCh color space.