A variety of research results suggest that visual images interfere with visual perception. In one study, Segal and Fusella (1970) had participants watch a screen, looking for brief presentations of a small blue arrow. On some trials, the participants were also asked to form a mental image (for example, imagine a volcano). The results show that participants made more errors while forming images than while not forming images. Data similar to the Segal and Fusella results are as follows.

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A 13 4

B 9 2

C 12 10

D 7 8

E 10 6

F 8 6

G 9 4