Table 2. Summary of Level and Stage Design of the Imagery and Mental Arithmetic (MA) Conditions.
| Level | Stage | Key Signature | Starting Note | No. of arrow with heard tones | No. of imagined tones (Imagery) | Starting Number for MA | No. of arrows for MA | Numeral presented with arrow for MA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | C | tonic | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | *C, C#, D, Eb, E | tonic | *3–4 | *1–5 | *4–5 | |||
| 3 | *C, C#, D, Eb, E | dominant | *3–6 | *1–5 | *4–7 | |||
| 2 | 1 | C | tonic | *3–4 | 2 | 1 | *5–6 | *1–2 |
| 2 | *C, C#, D, Eb, E | tonic | *3–5 | *1–5 | *5–7 | |||
| 3 | *C, C#, D, Eb, E | dominant | *3–6 | *1–5 | *5–8 | |||
| 3 | 1 | C | tonic | *3–4 | 3 | 1 | *6–7 | *1–3 |
| 2 | *C, C#, D, Eb, E | tonic | *3–5 | *1–5 | *6–8 | |||
| 3 | *C, C#, D, Eb, E | dominant | *3–6 | *1–5 | *6–9 | |||
| 4 | 1 | C | tonic | *3–4 | 4 | 1 | *7–8 | *1–4 |
| 2 | *C, C#, D, Eb, E | tonic | *3–5 | *1–5 | *7–9 | |||
| 3 | *C, C#, D, Eb, E | dominant | *3–6 | *1–5 | *7–10 | |||
| 5 | 1 | *C, C#, D, Eb, E | tonic | *3–4 | 5 | 1 | *8–9 | *1–5 |
| 2 | *C, C#, D, Eb, E | dominant | *3–5 | *1–5 | *8–10 | |||
| 3 | *C, C#, D, Eb, E | *tonic or dominant | *3–6 | *1–5 | *8–11 |
The Perception Conditions corresponded to the first five columns of the table.
* denotes when a random variable from those listed could be used at that stage. Only the key signature was set so as not to repeat for a concurrent trial.