When does itunes add a "play count"

ive been using itunes for about a year now, and i am wondering how the play count feature works. i like to use the smart playlists for most played songs. when exactly does itunes add another play count to the column? i know with lastfm you can set it to 50% of the song, and i really like that because sometimes i listen to a song but want to change it before it ends, but i would also like it to show up as played.

I don't know if this has to do with the most recent iTunes update (8.2) but I have noticed that now if a song has played into the final ten seconds, the play count goes up, even if you pause, or stop the song, or even if you start a song and click into the final ten seconds! I'm not a fan of this, I prefer the 100% of a song considered a play count. Anybody know if there's a way to change this setting?

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