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Published in final edited form as: Neuroreport. 2010 Jul 14;21(10):690–694. doi: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32833b0a10

Table 1.

Sample auditory stimuli for consonant, rhyme, and tone matching tasks

Unit	Position	Syllable List			Probe	Matching
Unit	Position	P1	P2	P3	Probe	Matching
Consonant	Random	bian⁴	wang¹	she2	ba³	yes
		cen²	zhai⁴	feng³	zhe¹	yes
		liu¹	zuo²	song⁴	kui³	no
Consonant	Fixed	she²	wang¹	bian⁴	ba³	yes
		cen²	feng³	zhai⁴	zhe¹	yes
		liu¹	song⁴	zuo²	kui³	no

Rhyme	Random	xi¹	tuan²	lou³	pi⁴	yes
		zhuo¹	pin⁴	da³	ma²	yes
		zou¹	se⁴	nian²	kuang³	no
Rhyme	Fixed	tuan²	lou³	xi¹	pi⁴	yes
		zhuo¹	pin⁴	da³	ma²	yes
		se⁴	nian²	zou¹	kuang³	no

Tone	Random	bao¹	hun⁴	mu²	zhi¹	yes
		kai³	tu²	huang⁴	mei²	yes
		hei¹	liu²	gong³	can⁴	no
Tone	Fixed	hun⁴	mu²	bao¹	zhi¹	yes
		kai³	huang⁴	tu²	mei²	yes
		hei¹	gong³	liu²	can⁴	no

Note. Chinese syllables are written in Pinyin transcription. Phonological units (consonant, rhyme, tone) in the probe are marked in bold; a target unit from the syllable list is also marked in bold when it matches the corresponding unit in the probe. P1, P2, and P3 represent the first, second, and third positions, respectively, in the syllable list.