78 (decay=0.995): indefinite (5/5 seeds). Episodic (decay=0.99 in E2): halflife=... 21.5 NO MATCH 78 steps (mean +/- std, n=5 seeds). Episodic (decay=0.9): halflife=13.2 +/- **11... 11.8 NO MATCH 92 ...

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