Two groups were tested for spontaneous alternation using massed and spaced trials but alternation rate was not above chance level. Two experiments then examined the use of visual stimuli as pacers for an approach response. The results indicate that subjects responded to complexity and that complexity may be a more effective pacer than novelty.
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