Fig. 8.

An illustration of the experimental design. Speech and melodies are presented simultaneously via speakers. Participants listened simultaneously to seven-word sentences and five-note melodies. The linguistic stimuli ended with a falling pitch (statements) or with a rising pitch (questions). Melodies ended with either a high- or a low-probability note. The onset of the final word was the event of interest in the analysis. A fixation cross in the centre of the screen was shown during stimuli presentation, and turned red at the onset of the last word/note.