Laboratory tasks, investigating feature-based attention, show that the response time in conjuction search:
A) is unrelated to the number of features.
B) decreases as the number of features increases.
C) increases as the number of features decreases.
D) increases as the number of features increases.

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In conjunction search tasks, where participants must find a target based on a combination of two or more features (e.g., color and shape), the response time typically increases as the number of features to be searched increases. This is because the task becomes more complex, requiring more cognitive processing to identify the target among distractors.

Laboratory Tasks, Investigating Feature-Based Attention, Show That the Response Time