Segal and Fusella Asked Their Participants to Visualize One Stimulus

Multiple Choice

Segal and Fusella asked their participants to visualize one stimulus while attempting to detect a different, rather faint, signal. The data indicate that the activity of visualization

A) disrupted the detection of a visual signal but had much less impact on the detection of an auditory signal.
B) served to prime the visual system and the auditory system, promoting the detection of both signals.
C) served as a general distracter, thereby disrupting the detection of either a visual or an auditory signal.
D) had no impact on the detection of the signal.