Table 1. Participants’ characteristics, mean ± SD correct rates on the melodic subtests of the MBEA, and independent-sample t-test results between two groups in Experiment 1.
| Amusics | Controls | DF | t | p (2-tailed) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 23.22 ± 6.02 | 25.46 ± 8.39 | 26 | -0.81 | .42 |
| Gender | 9F/5M | 9F/5M | |||
| Years of education | 14.21 ± 1.97 | 14.57 ± 2.31 | 26 | -0.44 | .66 |
| Years of musical training | 0.36 ± 0.63 | 1.00 ± 1.40 | 18.10 | -1.57 | .14 |
| Hours of music listening daily | 2.52 ± 2.96 | 2.75 ± 2.48 | 26 | -0.23 | .82 |
| MBEA (percentage correct) | |||||
| Scale | 0.76 ± 0.07 | 0.92 ± 0.06 | 26 | -6.08 *** | < .001 |
| Contour | 0.68 ± 0.08 | 0.89 ± 0.05 | 26 | -8.08 *** | < .001 |
| Interval | 0.61 ± 0.08 | 0.86 ± 0.07 | 26 | -9.11 *** | < .001 |
| Composite | 0.69 ± 0.04 | 0.89 ± 0.04 | 26 | -13.24 *** | < .001 |
DF refers to the degrees of freedom and was corrected if the equal variances assumption was violated.
***: p < .001.