Research by Anne Treisman has demonstrated that
a. focused attention produces many more errors than distributed attention.
b. in focused attention, an unusual stimulus appears to "pop out" from the other stimuli in the display.
c. illusory conjunctions are especially likely when people perform a task at a leisurely rate.
d. when people use focused attention, they typically perceive a figure whose shape is linked with its appropriate color.
Ans: d
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