Benefiting from trial spacing without the cost of prolonged training: frequency, not duration, of trials with absent stimuli enhances perceived contingency

The statistical relation between two events influences the perception of how one event relates to the presence or absence of another. Interestingly, the simultaneous absence of both events, just like their mutual occurrence, is relevant for describing their contingency. In three experiments, we expl...

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Main Authors: Castiello, S, Miller, RR, Witnauer, JE, Alcaide, DM, Fung, E, Pitliya, RJ, Morrissey, DKC, Murphy, RA
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: American Psychological Association 2022