Kosslyn (1975) asked people to make visual images such as a rabbit next to an elephant.He showed that:
A)people could not make the side-by-side comparisons.
B)visual imagery alone was insufficient for the task.
C)participants were slower when an auditory distraction was also present.
D)speeded judgments of the characteristics of images were affected by the size of the imagined object.

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Kosslyn found that speeded judgments of the characteristics of images were affected by the size of the imagined object. This suggests that visual imagery can be used for mental manipulation of images.

Kosslyn (1975) Asked People to Make Visual Images Such as a Rabbit