Wood and Cowan Switched a Passage in Participants' Unattended Ear

question 18

Multiple Choice

Wood and Cowan switched a passage in participants' unattended ear to backward speech and reported that performance in shadowing the other ear ______.

• A)was unaffected for all participants
• B)included more errors for all participants during the time that the backward message was being played
• C)included more errors for only the participants who did not notice the backward message
• D)included more errors that peaked 10 to 20 seconds after the backward message began,for those that did notice the message

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