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Data are presented in support of a theory of predictive behavior in young children which emphasizes the role of attention and response- and event-produced stimulus traces, and deemphasizes the role of learning in the prediction of binary event sequences by young children.
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Bogartz, R.S. Test of a theory of predictive behavior in young children. Psychon Sci 4, 433–434 (1966). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03342376
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