Table 1.
Pairwise correlations between MET scores and Gold-MSI subscales, personality dimensions, cognitive abilities, and mind-wandering (age and education held constant, N = 190).
| MET total | MET melody | MET rhythm | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| r | p | BF10 | r | p | BF10 | r | p | BF10 | |
| MET | |||||||||
| Melody | .894 | <.001 | >100 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Rhythm | .883 | <.001 | >100 | .579 | <.001 | >100 | – | – | – |
| Gold-MSI | |||||||||
| Active Engagement | .045 | .535 | .261 | .068 | .351 | .340 | .011 | .880 | .237 |
| Perceptual Abilities | .294 | <.001 | >100 | .295 | <.001 | >100 | .227 | .002 | 22.6 |
| Singing Abilities | .230 | .002 | 24.6 | .245 | <.001 | 49.1 | .161 | .027 | 2.27 |
| Emotion | .270 | <.001 | >100 | .279 | <.001 | >100 | .199 | .006 | 7.54 |
| General Factor | .287 | <.001 | >100 | .305 | <.001 | >100 | .203 | .005 | 8.88 |
| Personality | |||||||||
| Extraversion | –.024 | .746 | .229 | –.051 | .484 | .285 | .011 | .885 | .236 |
| Agreeableness | .154 | .035 | 1.76 | .130 | .075 | .990 | .144 | .048 | 1.43 |
| Conscientiousness | –.029 | .691 | .235 | –.035 | .635 | .252 | –.017 | .821 | .240 |
| Neuroticism | .036 | .621 | .245 | .022 | .769 | .236 | .043 | .554 | .275 |
| Openness | .115 | .115 | .798 | .124 | .090 | .863 | .080 | .275 | .407 |
| Cognition | |||||||||
| Cognitive Ability | .333 | <.001 | 100 | .276 | <.001 | >100 | .316 | <.001 | >100 |
| Mind-Wandering | .076 | .303 | .359 | .068 | .356 | .337 | .067 | .364 | .343 |
MET: musical ear test; Gold-MSI: Goldsmiths Musical Sophistication Index.