Ss presented with an inspection stimulus varying regularly throughout a range with a terminal width of 2 in. showed a KAE relative to the 2-in. width. Such stimulation is in effect intermittent, relative to the 2-in. width, and permits better control over the amount of inspection stimulation and over the time relationships between inspection and distraction than does the typical inspection stimulation employing an inspection stimulus of constant width.
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