Research on visual recognition memory demonstrates that very young infants

A. cannot discriminate between new patterns and familiar patterns.
B. tend to prefer new sights to familiar ones.
C. prefer familiar patterns to new ones.
D. attend to new and familiar patterns with the same amount of time and attention.


Answer: B

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