Table 11.
Fixed effects in model of comprehension accuracy in Relative Clause Extraction sentences
Fixed effect | Estimate | SE | p-value | |
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(Intercept) | 1.850 | 0.186 | <0.001 | |
Individual differences | VWM | 0.378 | 0.096 | <0.001 |
Inhib. | −0.025 | 0.140 | 0.860 | |
Phon. | 0.194 | 0.120 | 0.104 | |
Lang. | 0.437 | 0.123 | <0.001 | |
Speed | 0.103 | 0.089 | 0.246 | |
Condition effects | ORC | −0.464 | 0.155 | 0.003 |
RCQ | −0.595 | 0.353 | 0.092 | |
ORC × RCQ | −0.472 | 0.309 | 0.127 | |
Individual difference × Condition interactions | VWM × ORC | 0.102 | 0.115 | 0.376 |
VWM × RCQ | 0.058 | 0.113 | 0.605 | |
Inhib. × ORC | 0.147 | 0.169 | 0.386 | |
Inhib. × RCQ | −0.245 | 0.166 | 0.139 | |
Phon. × ORC | −0.180 | 0.147 | 0.221 | |
Phon. × RCQa | −0.249 | 0.143 | 0.082 | |
Lang. × ORC | −0.020 | 0.158 | 0.898 | |
Lang. × RCQ | −0.190 | 0.155 | 0.222 | |
Speed × ORCa | 0.195 | 0.109 | 0.074 | |
Speed × RCQ | 0.091 | 0.107 | 0.395 | |
VWM × ORC × RCQ | −0.013 | 0.227 | 0.955 | |
Inhib. × ORC × RCQ | −0.012 | 0.333 | 0.971 | |
Phon. × ORC × RCQ | 0.363 | 0.289 | 0.209 | |
Lang. × ORC × RCQ | −0.653 | 0.314 | 0.037 | |
Speed × ORC × RCQ | −0.325 | 0.216 | 0.131 |
Notes: Effects coding was used for the condition effects. The condition effects here refers to the change in the log odds of correct responding when given an object-extracted relative clause (0.5) opposed to subject-extracted (−0.5) and receiving a comprehension question that probed the relative clause region of the sentences (0.5) opposed to the main clause (−0.5). Random intercepts and slopes for all condition effects for both subjects and items were also included in the model. “VWM” = Verbal working memory span; “Inhib” = Inhibitory control; “Speed” = Perceptual speed; “Phon.” = Phonological ability; “Lang.” = Language experience.
These effects reached significance in the model if inhibitory control and its interactions were dropped.