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What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Validly cued objects are processed faster while invalidly cued objects are inhibited or processed slower than uncued objects. These findings tell us that attention facilitates processing target information and inhibits processing of information that is believed to be irrelevant. Page(s) in Text: 118-119
Psychology
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