Table 3 Stimulus characteristics from previous studies in congenital amusia investigating short-term memory for tone sequences in terms of SOA, tone duration (d), ITI, retention delay between melodies, Sequence Length and average Pitch interval Size (PIS) of the change in melodies to be compared.
SOA ms | d ms | ITI ms | Delay s | Sequence Length | PIS | Amusics’ performance | Controls’ performance | Accuracy | Impaired | Unimpaired | Task | Material | n | Study |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
250 | 250 | 0 | 1.1 | 4 | 1.1 ST | 75.06 | 95.37 | % correct | x | Contour | pure tones | 10 | Foxton et al. 200411 | |
74.87 | 92.06 | x | Interval | pure tones | Foxton et al. 200411 | |||||||||
59.12 | 80.43 | x | Contour Transposed | pure tones | Foxton et al. 200411 | |||||||||
250 | 250 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3ST | 41.49 | 84.78 | % correct | x | Contour | piano tones | 9 | Albouy et al. 201322 | |
4ST | 54.91 | 93.27 | % correct | x | Albouy et al. 201322 | |||||||||
5ST | 64.7 | 95.47 | % correct | x | Albouy et al. 201322 | |||||||||
300 | 300 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 ST | >70 | >95 | % H-F | x | Contour | pure tones | 10 | Gosselin et al. 200918 | |
5 | >40 | >80 | % H-F | x | pure tones | Gosselin et al. 200918 | ||||||||
540 | 500 | 40 | 3 | 5 | 1.8 ST | 19,00 | 79,00 | % H-F | x | Contour | piano tones | 10 | Tillmann et al. 200916 | |
540 | 500 | 40 | 3 | 5 | 1.8 ST | 27.84 | 84.09 | % H-F | x | Contour | piano tones | 11 | Albouy et al. 201323 |
