The phenomenon of global precedence described by Navon (1977) is that when hierarchically structured stimuli are presented,
A)global shapes are extracted before local shapes.
B)local shapes are easier for the visual system to extract than global shapes.
C)global shapes take longer to process than local shapes.
D)local shapes can interfere with the perception of global shapes.

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The phenomenon of global precedence describes the tendency for the visual system to extract global shapes before local shapes in hierarchically structured stimuli. This means that overall shapes or patterns (global features) are processed before details within those shapes (local features).

The Phenomenon of Global Precedence Described by Navon (1977) Is