In a study where researchers asked adult subjects to rate the attractiveness of facial images flashed before them, the images were flashed so quickly, subjects reported they could not see the faces and were simply guessing in their assessments

Nevertheless, subjects accurately rated the attractiveness of the faces. This suggests that ____.

a. the brain processes images of beauty through higher-order cognition
b. images of beauty are processed automatically in the brain
c. visual acuity is more accurate for attractive images, than for unattractive images
d. the autonomic nervous system plays a large role in processing beauty images


ANS: B

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