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Signals consisted of an initial, regularly alternating sequence of three short (60 msec) pure tone pips (in the form ABCABC\u2026) followed by a long pure tone with a frequency that is either expected based on the on-going regular pattern (\u201cLONG expected\u201d\u2014i.e., \u201cLONG-expected\u201d) or constitutes a pattern violation (\u201cLONG-unexpected\u201d). The change in LONG-expected is manifest as a change in duration (when the long pure tone exceeds the established duration of a tone pip), whereas the change in LONG-unexpected is manifest as a change in both the frequency pattern and a change in the duration. 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