Figure 1.

Stimulus and paradigm. a, Notation of the auditory stimuli for the isochronous pattern (top), the syncopated pattern MP1 (middle), and the syncopated pattern MP2 (bottom) stimuli. b, Time course of a sample trial. In the passive listening period, the basic pattern (2 musical bars) was repeated eight times. Then, following a cue, a test item was played consisting of the same basic pattern but the tempo could be the same, 10% faster, or 10% slower. Participant performed a tempo-judgment task on the test item.