Table 3. Effects of Context, Age, and Their Interaction on VSTM Performance.
| Without adjusting for sensorimotor performance | After adjusting for sensorimotor performance | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VSTM measure | Effect | Coefficient | F(1,1293–1,1294) | p | Bayes factor | Coefficient | F(1,1293–1,1294) | p | Bayes factor |
| Note. Results of linear mixed effects model, with the age variable centered and levels of context coded as [1, −1]. VSTM = visual short-term memory; RMSE = root-mean-square error. | |||||||||
| RMSE | Intercept | 50.7 | 51.5 | ||||||
| Age | .408 | 344 | 2.4 × 10−68 | 3.4 × 1064 favoring H1 | .289 | 195 | 2.2 × 10−41 | 7.2 × 1037 favoring H1 | |
| Age^2 | 6.30 × 10−3 | 24.3 | 9.5 × 10−7 | 1.3 × 104 favoring H1 | 3.79 × 10−3 | 9.96 | 1.6 × 10−3 | 13 favoring H1 | |
| Context | −3.63 | 414 | 5.0 × 10−80 | 1.4 × 1076 favoring H1 | −3.63 | 414 | 4.4 × 10−80 | 1.6 × 1076 favoring H1 | |
| Age:Context | .0205 | 4.38 | .037 | 1.1 favoring H0 | .0189 | 3.73 | .054 | 1.5 favoring H0 | |
| K | Intercept | 3.07 | 3.07 | ||||||
| Age | −6.88 × 10−3 | 56.6 | 1.0 × 10−13 | 5.7 × 1010 favoring H1 | −5.43 × 10−3 | 35.3 | 3.7 × 10−9 | 2.4 × 106 favoring H1 | |
| Context | .0911 | 40.8 | 2.4 × 10−10 | 3.3 × 107 favoring H1 | .0911 | 40.8 | 2.3 × 10−10 | 3.4 × 107 favoring H1 | |
| Age:Context | −5.56 × 10−4 | .504 | .48 | 7.2 favoring H0 | −2.96 × 10−4 | .146 | .70 | 8.6 favoring H0 | |
| Precision | Intercept | .0481 | .0469 | ||||||
| Age | −2.97 × 10−4 | 258 | 4.9 × 10−53 | 2.4 × 1049 favoring H1 | −2.08 × 10−4 | 139 | 1.8 × 10−30 | 1.3 × 1027 favoring H1 | |
| Age^2 | −3.73 × 10−6 | 12.0 | 5.4 × 10−4 | 36 favoring H1 | |||||
| Context | 6.72 × 10−4 | 9.06 | 2.7 × 10−3 | 8.6 favoring H1 | 6.72 × 10−4 | 9.11 | 2.6 × 10−3 | 8.8 favoring H1 | |
| Age:Context | −6.02 × 10−6 | .243 | .622 | 8.2 favoring H0 | 1.94 × 10−6 | .0253 | .87 | 9.1 favoring H0 | |
| Misbinding | Intercept | .126 | .137 | ||||||
| Age | 1.39 × 10−3 | 44.9 | 3.1 × 10−11 | 2.36 × 108 favoring H1 | 9.22 × 10−4 | 20.4 | 6.9 × 10−6 | 2.0 × 103 favoring H1 | |
| Age^2 | 3.06 × 10−5 | 6.43 | .011 | 2.4 favoring H1 | |||||
| Context | −.0578 | 408 | 4.3 × 10−79 | 1.6 × 1075 favoring H1 | −.0578 | 409 | 3.3 × 10−79 | 2.1 × 1075 favoring H1 | |
| Age:Context | 1.65 × 10−4 | 1.11 | .29 | 5.4 favoring H0 | −1.74 × 10−4 | 1.23 | .27 | 5.1 favoring H0 | |