Psychology: Research and Review
Table 2 The fourteen sequences of seven tones used in each one of the trials, with the type of test-sequence (the same or different as the memorized sequence) and the discrepant tone (above [↑] or below [↓] the respective original tone) in the “different” trials
From: Irrelevant sound interference on phonological and tonal working memory in musicians and nonmusicians
Trial | Stimuli serial presentation | Test stimuli | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Type | Change | |
1/15 | F#2 | A2 | F3 | C#3 | B2 | G#2 | E2 | Different | A2 → C3 ↑ |
2/16 | C3 | G#3 | B3 | A3 | F3 | D#3 | G2 | Same | – |
3/17 | B2 | F3 | A#3 | C4 | G#3 | D3 | G#2 | Different | C4 → D#4 ↑ |
4/18 | D3 | A3 | B3 | F3 | D#3 | A2 | G2 | Same | – |
5/19 | A#2 | D3 | F3 | C#4 | B3 | F3 | E2 | Different | A#2 → G2 ↓ |
6/20 | E3 | F3 | A#3 | G3 | D#3 | B2 | D2 | Same | – |
7/21 | D#2 | A2 | E3 | C3 | A#2 | F#2 | C2 | Different | A#2 → G2 ↓ |
8/22 | E2 | A#2 | F3 | A#3 | G3 | C#3 | F2 | Different | F3 → G#3 ↑ |
9/23 | A2 | D#3 | F3 | B3 | C3 | A#2 | G#2 | Same | – |
10/24 | D#3 | F3 | B3 | C4 | F#3 | A2 | G2 | Same | – |
11/25 | F2 | B2 | D3 | C3 | G#2 | F#2 | E2 | Different | E2 → G2 ↑ |
12/26 | G2 | C#3 | D3 | C3 | G#2 | F2 | D#2 | Same | – |
13/27 | G#2 | D3 | A#3 | E3 | C3 | A#2 | F#2 | Same | – |
14/28 | C#3 | D3 | G#3 | B2 | A#3 | E3 | A2 | Different | E3 → G3 ↑ |