Mary took part in an experiment where she wore a special set of headphones that played different messages to each ear.The researchers asked her to repeat the message in her left ear as she listened to it.Based on the results of similar studies, it is likely that Mary will:
A)not be able to follow just one message and will often switch between the messages
B)be able to easily recall both messages, even though she only attended to the message in one ear
C)not be able to recall the content of either message that she is listening to
D)not be able to recall the content of the message that is playing in her right ear

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This experiment describes a dichotic listening task, a common method used to study selective attention. Participants tend to recall information from the ear they are asked to attend to (in this case, the left ear) and have difficulty recalling information from the unattended ear (the right ear).

Mary Took Part in an Experiment Where She Wore a Special