According to Lavie,the attentional filter is more likely to be guided by physical characteristics when attention is __________ and by semantic characteristics when attention is __________.
A)not taxed; taxed
B)taxed; not taxed
C)voluminous; limited
D)limited; voluminous

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Lavie's Load Theory of Attention suggests that when attentional capacity is taxed or overloaded (high perceptual load), people rely more on the physical characteristics of stimuli to filter out irrelevant information. Conversely, when attentional capacity is not heavily taxed (low perceptual load), there is more cognitive capacity available to process semantic characteristics of stimuli.

According to Lavie,the Attentional Filter Is More Likely to Be