Results

For percentages of correct responses (Table 1) only the main effect of Pitch Deviation was significant, F(1,18) = 6.60, MSE = 116.45, p < .05. Participants responded more accurately to in-tune targets than to out-of-tune targets.

For correct response times (Figure 6) the main effect of Tonal Relatedness was significant, F(1,18) = 6.23, MSE = 3436.78, p < .05, and interacted with Pitch Deviation, F(1,18) = 4.70, MSE = 1737.10, p < .05. Response times were faster for related targets than for less-related targets, and this difference was significant only for in-tune targets, F(1,18) = 15.83, MSE = 3405.14, p < .001, and not for out-of-tune targets (F < 1). The main effect of Pitch Deviation was not significant.

Table 1. Percentages of correct responses in Experiment 2 presented as a function of tonal relatedness (related tonic: i / less-related subdominant: iv) and pitch deviation (standard errors in parentheses).
Table 1. Percentages of correct responses in Experiment 2 presented as a function of tonal relatedness (related tonic: i / less-related subdominant: iv) and pitch deviation (standard errors in parentheses).
Figure 6. Correct response times in Experiment 2 presented as a function of tonal relatedness (related tonic: i, less-related subdominant: iv) and pitch deviation (in-tune, 35 cents). Error bars represent standard errors.
Figure 6. Correct response times in Experiment 2 presented as a function of tonal relatedness (related tonic: i, less-related subdominant: iv) and pitch deviation (in-tune, 35 cents). Error bars represent standard errors.