Hillyard and colleagues 1973) recorded event-related potentials ERP) from participants while they performed a dichotic listening task. When comparing the ERPs collected when participants attended to a given signal to when they ignored this signal, the researchers found that auditory ERPs
A) began later for attended versus unattended signals.
B) began earlier for attended versus unattended signals.
C) were larger for attended versus unattended signals.
D) were smaller for attended versus unattended signals.

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The study by Hillyard and colleagues found that auditory ERPs were larger for attended signals compared to unattended signals, indicating enhanced neural processing for attended auditory stimuli.

Hillyard and Colleagues 1973) Recorded Event-Related Potentials ERP) from Participants