Table 3 Descriptive and inferential statistics of children’s learning RTs, scaling RTs, and absolute deviations in the spatial scaling task

Scaling factor (SF)

37.75

 < .001

.17

1.53

.19

.01

32.34

 < .001

.15

 1:3

3456 (164)

4502 (167)

7.48 (0.19)

 1:2

3973 (188)

4636 (182)

6.17 (0.17)

 1:1

3872 (156)

4445 (159)

5.17 (0.15)

 2:1

4358 (229)

4686 (193)

6.05 (0.17)

 3:1

4833 (252)

4620 (182)

6.42 (0.21)

Perceptual condition

82.64

 < .001

.48

76.65

 < .001

.46

57.08

 < .001

.38

 Visual

2314 (126)

3302 (134)

5.45 (0.17)

 visuo-haptic

3618 (269)

3773 (196)

5.63 (0.14)

 Haptic

6508 (309)

6769 (301)

7.76 (0.18)

Age group

5.38

 < .01

.06

4.78

 < .01

.05

2.50

.085

.03

 6 years

3821 (350)

4155 (299)

6.46 (0.23)

 7 years

3820 (244)

4475 (230)

6.34 (0.19)

 8 years

4752 (394)

5134 (341)

5.94 (0.20)

Sex

1.51

.22

.01

0.26

.61

.001

5.70

 < .05

.03

 Male

4013 (251)

4703 (238)

6.43 (0.17)

 Female

4206 (280)

4420 (224)

6.03 (0.17)

SF × perceptual condition

8.30

 < .001

.08

1.15

.33

.01

3.63

 < .001

.04

SF × age group

1.06

.39

.01

0.30

.97

.003

0.95

.47

.01

SF × sex

0.37

.83

.002

0.21

.93

.001

0.98

.42

.01

Perceptual condition × age group

3.11

 < .05

.06

2.86

 < .05

.06

0.26

.90

.01

Perceptual condition × sex

0.30

.74

.003

0.11

.90

.001

0.25

.78

.003

Age group × sex

0.99

.37

.01

0.54

.58

.01

1.10

.33

.01

SF × perceptual condition × age group

1.52

.09

.03

0.88

.59

.02

0.60

.88

.01

SF × perceptual condition × sex

0.33

.95

.004

0.45

.89

.01

0.29

.97

.003

SF × age group × sex

0.72

.68

.01

1.06

.39

.01

1.76

.09

.02

Perceptual condition × age group × sex

0.27

.89

.01

0.10

.98

.002

0.33

.86

.01

SF × perceptual condition × age group × sex

0.46

.97

.01

0.66

.84

.01

0.93

.54

.02