If a thirsty person is sitting across the table from a bottle of water,how would his estimate of the distance of the bottle of water differ from a person who is not thirsty

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When a person is thirsty, they tend to perceive stimuli differently in order to prioritize satisfying their thirst. One such effect is that they tend to perceive objects that can quench their thirst as being closer than they actually are. Therefore, a thirsty person would likely estimate the bottle of water to be closer than a person who is not thirsty.

If a Thirsty Person Is Sitting Across the Table from a Bottle