Reflexive attention is
A) fairly easy to consciously repress.
B) based on conscious processing.
C) oriented on the basis of sensory events.
D) always followed by a period of voluntary attention directed at the same target.

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Reflexive attention is automatically oriented towards salient sensory events, without conscious processing or voluntary control. Therefore, option C is the correct answer. The other options are incorrect because reflexive attention cannot be easily repressed, is not based on conscious processing, and does not always lead to voluntary attention towards the same target.

Reflexive Attention Is