Rensink, O'Regan, and Clark (1997) showed photographs of a variety of scenes, one image at a time. After a set period of looking at each photograph, it would disappear and be replaced by a nearly identical image. They found that ______.
A. change blindness varied as a function of the brightness of the photographs
B. change blindness varied as a function of the participants' alertness level
C. some participants never found the change between one image and the other
D. most participants quickly found the change between one image and the other
Answer: C
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a. the preconscious mind b. the conscious mind c. the subconscious mind d. the unconscious mind
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