Identify a difference between visual perception and visual imagery.

A. Visual perception can be measured on an ordinary scale, whereas visual imagery is abstract, and it is difficult to determine its intensity.
B. Visual perception occurs while the stimulus is still present, whereas visual imagery consists of visual representations created by the brain after the original stimulus is no longer present.
C. Visual perception occurs in the absence of sensory stimulus, whereas visual imagery is imagining an object turning in three-dimensional space for a long period of time.
D. Visual perception occurs through verbal formulation, whereas visual imagery primarily occurs through mental rotation.


Answer: B

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