Abstract
When subjects are confronted with sequences of stimuli that are constructed according to certain rules, they tend to improve their performance in terms of lower error rates and/or faster reaction times as compared to random sequences of the same stimuli, even if they are not able to report the regularities of events.
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Nattkemper, D., Prinz, W. Stimulus and response anticipation in a serial reaction task. Psychol. Res 60, 98–112 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00419683
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