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With knowledge of results Ss learned to distinguish between the presence and the absence of a schema and to distinguish between different schemata. Since a schema may be regarded as a statistical concept, the results also show that humans readily learn statistical concepts.
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Evans, S.H., Edmonds, E.M. Schema discrimination as a function of training. Psychon Sci 5, 303–304 (1966). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03328410
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