Suppose you are participating in a study in which you have been trained to detect very small movements in visual stimuli. The movement you have been trained to recognize is any minute movement to the left. If placed in a test situation in which you were asked to report small movements of stimuli that are moving in a variety of directions, you would be most accurate in detecting movements
A) to the left only.
B) to the left and to the right.
C) in any direction.
D) to the right only.
E) up, down, or to the right.

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Your training to detect very small movements specifically to the left would make you most accurate in detecting movements in that direction, as your perceptual learning has been tailored to recognize such movements.

Suppose You Are Participating in a Study in Which You