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Children who’d seen that all beads activate the toy were far less likely to bother snapping apart the snappable bead pair.

From Slate • Aug. 31, 2012

By contrast, 19 out of 40 children in the ambiguous condition snapped apart the snappable bead pair and tested which specific beads were capable of activating the toy and which weren't.

From Slate • Aug. 31, 2012