The "pop-out effect" sometimes seen in visual search:

a) is indicative of an effortful search.
b) is indicative of an inefficient search.
c) requires the execution of only the first stage of visual attention, as proposed in Treisman's theory.
d) is the result of post-attentive processing.


Answer: c

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