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Young children observed 20 presentations each of a red and a green light. The duration of 1 light (NS) was 1.5 sec., that of the other (FS) was 4.5 sec. Ss then responded to the onset of the stimuli in a lever-pulling task. Starting, but not movement, speeds to the NS were significantly greater than those to the FS. No evidence for a change effect was obtained.
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1. This report written during the author’s tenure as a Public Health Service Predoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Mental Health. Thanks are due to Winifred Witte who collected the data, to Burlington, Iowa, Head Start officials for providing Ss, and to Dr. Gordon Cantor for his helpful suggestions regarding this manuscript.
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Witte, K.L. Children’s response speeds to familiarized stimuli. Psychon Sci 7, 153–154 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03328511
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