Event & Contingent Probabilities
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humans & animals are attuned to the frequency of
occurrence of various stimuli
(Hasher & Zacks, 1984; Gallistel, 1990; Kelly & Martin, 1994;
Reber, 1993)
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E.g. of contingent frequency learning for pitch sequences
(Saffran et al, 1999)
Stimuli (21 minutes, uninterrupted):
Lexical items:
Transitional probabilities:
Test stimuli:
