Multiple Choice
Dylan is a 10-year-old boy who loves sharks and has a great deal of knowledge on the topic.His uncle Gerry knows nothing about sharks.Pictures of sharks are shown to them at a rate of one per second.After a delay, they are shown a set of pictures that contain both new items and old items.If Dylan performs better than Gerry on the recall task, what is the most likely explanation?
A) He has increased STM capacity.
B) He has better memory for pictures.
C) His knowledge base increased the speed of his item identification.
D) He is faster at processing pictorial information.
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