Table 5.

Statistical models for sentence identification performance of younger and older adults in the perceptual learning task.

Fixed effects	Younger adults				Fixed effects	Older adults
	β	SE	t	p		β	SE	t	p
Intercept	0.917	0.155	5.90	<0.001	Intercept	1.897	0.122	15.60	<0.001
Block	0.703	0.043	16.41	<0.001	Block	0.624	0.037	16.73	<0.001
Statistical learning	6.649	8.966	0.74	n.s	Hearing	−0.029	0.005	−6.23	<0.001
Vocabulary	−0.921	1.255	−0.73	n.s.	Processing speed	0.011	0.004	2.46	0.017
Block × statistical learning	−9.223	4.058	−2.27	0.023	Age	0.004	0.011	0.38	n.s.
Block × vocabulary	1.489	0.568	2.62	0.009	Block × Age	−0.017	0.007	−2.53	0.012
Random effects		Variance	SD	Corr	Random effects		Variance	SD	Corr
Subject	Intercept	0.436	0.660		Subject	Intercept	0.122	0.350
	Block	0.049	0.221	−0.821		Block	0.040	0.201	−0.509
Item	Intercept	0.912	0.955		Item	Intercept	2.770	1.664
						Hearing	0.000	0.015
						Age	0.001	0.002	−0.887
Residual		1.284	1.133		Residual		1.307	1.143

n.s. = p > 0.05.