The Posner Spatial Cuing Task (1980) Showed That Cuing Participants

question 37

Multiple Choice

The Posner spatial cuing task (1980) showed that cuing participants to the location of an upcoming target

• A)increased reaction time to detect the target.
• B)decreased reaction time to detect the target.
• C)failed to affect reaction time but did increase detection accuracy.
• D)failed to affect either reaction time or detection accuracy.

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