When Triesman and Schmidt Presented Combination Stimuli Outside the Focus

question 84

Multiple Choice

When Triesman and Schmidt presented combination stimuli outside the focus of attention,they observed a phenomenon called:

• A) pattern segmentation.
• B) geon decomposition.
• C) iconic overwriting.
• D) illusory conjunction.

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