When Wolfe and colleagues minimized the influence of top-down information in stimuli
A) subjects could not identify the correct stimulus.
B) subjects' reaction-times were slowest.
C) bottom-up information also became irrelevant.
D) prototypical processing took its place.
E) subjects' reaction-times were fastest.

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When Wolfe and colleagues minimized the influence of top-down information in stimuli, subjects' reaction times were slowest because they had to rely solely on bottom-up processing, which is slower without the guidance of top-down expectations or knowledge.

When Wolfe and Colleagues Minimized the Influence of Top-Down Information