Suppose Bea is asked to remember the contents along the wall of a long rectangular room.Rio is asked to remember a similar number of contents along a short wall.According to the findings of Kosslyn and Shin (1991),what do you expect would happen when both women are asked to imagine the contents of the rooms?
A) Bea takes longer to list off the contents than Rio.
B) Rea takes longer to list off the contents than Rio.
C) Both women remember the same contents.
D) Bea remembers more contents from the front of the room and Rio remembers more contents from the back of the room.

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CKosslyn and Shin (1991) found that the time it takes to mentally scan across a visual image increases with the distance being scanned. Therefore, Bea, who is asked to remember contents along a long wall, would take longer to list off the contents than Rio, who is remembering contents along a short wall. Additionally, there's no indication that the length of the wall affects the ability to remember the same contents, so both women could remember the same contents, regardless of the wall's length.

Suppose Bea Is Asked to Remember the Contents Along the Wall