Table 1.

Demographic background of the research participants. A Wilcoxon paired samples test showed that the young and older adult cohorts only varied in age and not on any of the other demographic variables (p = 0.74).

Demographic background of research participants
Research cohorts	Young adults	Older adults
Total participants	17	20
Average age	27.7 (SD = 2.5)	64.4 (SD = 8.30)
Personal characteristics ratios
Female	0.59	0.50
Male	0.41	0.50
Left-handed	0.05	0.20
Right-handed	0.95	0.80
UK-born	0.71	0.90
Born elsewhere	0.29	0.10
Ever lived abroad	0.59	0.65
Highest education level ratios
GCSE/O levels	0.12	0
A-Levels	0.12	0.15
BA/BSc	0.35	0.3
MA/MSc	0.29	0.35
PhD	0.12	0.15
Unknown	0	0.05
Art looking experience ratios
Hardly ever	0.06	0.10
A few times a year	0.18	0.20
Monthly	0.18	0.15
Weekly	0.29	0.15
Daily	0.24	0.35
Unknown	0.06	0.05
Artistic style preference ratios
Figurative art preference	0.06	0.20
Abstract art preference	0.06	0.10
Both figurative and abstract art preference	0.88	0.60
Neither figurative nor abstract art preference	0	0.05
Unknown	0	0.05
Art making experience ratios
Hardly ever	0.47	0.55
A few times a year	0.35	0.5
Monthly	0.12	0.10
Weekly	0.6	0.20
Daily	0	0.05
Unknown	0	0.05
Creative art training experience ratios
Little to no training in creative art	0.35	0.060
Self-taught in creative art	0.24	0.10
Course(s) in creative art	0.24	0.25
Formal education in creative art	0.12	0
Unknown	0	0.05
Art history/theory experience ratios
Little to no training in art history/theory	0.65	0.30
Self-taught in art history/theory	0.12	0.35
Course(s) in art history/theory	0.12	0.10
Formal education in art history/theory	0.12	0.10
Unknown	0	0.05