Mary took part in an experiment where she wore a special set of headphones that played different messages to each ear. The researchers asked her to repeat the message in her left ear as she listened to it. Based on the results of similar studies, it is likely that Mary will:

a. not be able to follow just one message and will often switch between the messages
b. be able to easily recall both messages, even though she only attended to the message in one ear
c. not be able to recall the content of either message that she is listening to
d. not be able to recall the content of the message that is playing in her right ear


D

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