Psychologists have conducted studies in which the participants must detect a stimulus in a display of many other objects. According to this research, people usually detect
a. a combined feature more quickly than an isolated feature.
b. a feature that is present more quickly than a feature that is absent.
c. a stationary object more quickly than a moving object.
d. a small object more quickly than a large object.
a feature that is present more quickly than a feature that is absent
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