Table 2. Participants’ characteristics, mean ± SD correct rates on the subtests of the MBEA, and independent-sample t-test results between two groups in Experiment 2.
| Amusics | Controls | DF | t | p (2-tailed) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 23.34 ± 5.42 | 23.37 ± 8.73 | 30 | -0.01 | .99 |
| Gender | 6F/10M | 6F/10M | |||
| Years of education | 14.38 ± 2.03 | 13.88 ± 2.33 | 30 | 0.65 | .52 |
| Years of musical training | 0.44 ± 1.09 | 0.47 ± 0.96 | 30 | -0.07 | .94 |
| Hours of music listening daily | 2.57 ± 2.15 | 1.84 ± 0.94 | 30 | 1.24 | .22 |
| MBEA (percentage correct) | |||||
| Scale | 0.69 ± 0.09 | 0.92 ± 0.06 | 30 | -8.45 *** | < .001 |
| Contour | 0.65 ± 0.08 | 0.85 ± 0.09 | 30 | -6.29 *** | < .001 |
| Interval | 0.66 ± 0.08 | 0.79 ± 0.08 | 30 | -4.56 *** | < .001 |
| Composite | 0.67 ± 0.04 | 0.85 ± 0.05 | 30 | -12.25 *** | < .001 |
DF refers to the degrees of freedom and was corrected if the equal variances assumption was violated.
***: p < .001.