While Listening to Sad Rather Than Happy Music, People Are

question 524

Multiple Choice

While listening to sad rather than happy music, people are more likely to perceive a spoken work as mourning rather than morning. This best illustrates that perception is influenced by

• A) synaesthesia.
• B) relative luminance.
• C) linear perspective.
• D) top-down processing.

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