When a discrete auditory sound pulls attention away from a visual task like driving, this phenomenon produces evidence AGAINST the role of :
A) auditory preemption
B) multiple resources
C) automaticity
D) similarity-based confusion

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The phenomenon suggests that attention is limited and shared across modalities, which contradicts the multiple resources theory that proposes separate resources for different sensory modalities.

When a Discrete Auditory Sound Pulls Attention Away from a Visual