Table 2.
Coefficients and t-statistics for age and learning mixed effects model.
| Predictor | β | t |
|---|---|---|
| Age (linear) | −0.318 | −94.6*** |
| Age (quadratic) | −0.003 | −11.7*** |
| Education (1–7, some high school – PhD) | 0.957 | 32.7*** |
| Gender (Male = 1, Female = −1) | 0.558 | 12.8*** |
| C1: Fluid (1,1) vs. Crystallized (−1,−1) | −3.887 | −83.5*** |
| C2: Memory Match (1) vs. Memory Matrix (−1) | −0.934 | −12.3*** |
| C3: Raindrops (1) vs. Word Bubbles (−1) | −1.807 | −35.6*** |
| Session [t(1) = 0, t(25) = 1] | 15.8 | 265.1*** |
| C1 × Age (linear) | −0.079 | −32.9*** |
| C2 × Age (linear) | 0.017 | 4.3*** |
| C3 × Age (linear) | −0.063 | −26*** |
| C1 × Age (quadratic) | 0.003 | 20.3*** |
| C2 × Age (quadratic) | 0.001 | 4.7*** |
| C3 × Age (quadratic) | −0.0005 | −2.7** |
| C1 × Education | −0.494 | −28.9*** |
| C2 × Education | −0.171 | −6.3*** |
| C3 × Education | 0.235 | 12.5*** |
| C1 × Gender | 0.297 | 11.4*** |
| C2 × Gender | −0.172 | −4.1*** |
| C3 × Gender | 1.577 | 56.4*** |
| C1 × Session | 1.546 | 25.9*** |
| C2 × Session | 5.468 | 54.2*** |
| C3 × Session | −0.106 | −1.7 |
| Session × Age (linear) | −0.099 | −34.2*** |
| Session × Age (quadratic) | 0.001 | 4.8 |
| C1 × Age (linear) × Session | −0.057 | −19.5*** |
| C2 × Age (linear) × Session | −0.006 | −1.3 |
| C3 × Age (linear) × Session | 0.004 | 1.2 |
| C1 × Age (quadratic) × Session | 0.000 | −1 |
| C2 × Age (quadratic) × Session | −0.003 | −8.0*** |
| C3 × Age (quadratic) × Session | −0.001 | −5.4*** |
The model was fit using the lmer function, part of the lme4 package in R. Significance values are based on highest posterior density intervals derived from 10000 Markov Chain Monte Carlo samples, using the pvals.fnc function in R's languageR package.
*p < 0.01,
p < 0.001,
p < 0.0001.