One possible, albeit speculative, explanation of our findings could be that time intervals are special in serving as cues triggering specific anticipatory activity (Sperduti, Tallon-Baudry, Hugueville, & Pouthas, 2011; but see the next paragraph).
2) The authors make a comment about 'erroneous estimation of error' and later in the manuscript talk at length about, essentially, taste serving as cues.
In our task, the presentation of the name of an adapting face was brief, merely serving as cue for participants to imagine the corresponding face.
Occasionally he made grunts, some of which served as cues to a muted chorus, which would promptly change formation.
Traditionally, bokolanfini patterns served as cues to broader reflections on life; contemporary textiles are created in Bamako and elsewhere solely with fashion in mind.
Instead, Christakis and Fowler hypothesize that these behaviors spread partly through the subconscious social signals that we pick up from those around us, which serve as cues to what is considered normal behavior.
Adolescents, as compared to adults, have been shown to display decreased sensitivity to many effects of ethanol, including effects that may serve as cues to moderate consumption.
In a third survey, the photographs served as cues to obtain responses to ratings of possession benefits and to questions regarding acquisition of the possession.
After all, like prose, melodies and rhymes are organized temporally and incorporate variations in pitch, volume, and tone (Fonseca Mora, 2000; McMullen & Saffran, 2004), which serve as cues in language learning.
Our previous work [22] fabricated cellulose acetate butyrate using the acetone ACE /DMF solvent system, which demonstrated that grooved fibers can serve as cues for cell adhesion and proliferation.
In fact, some prior work indicates that simply the presence of eyes or eye-like stimuli increases people's prosocial behavior, arguably because the eyes serve as cues of being watched and thus elicit reputational concerns.
