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What is the best evidence to support the claim that the limited capacity of Visual Short Term Memory depends on task?a- When memorizing lists of numbers, most people can only remember about 7 +or- 2b- When asked to remember a set of colored shapes presented in a previous display, most people can correctly determine whether a test display has all the same or one different color present for up to about 4 + or - 2 objectsc- When asked to memorize a string of letters, people correctly recall fewer in the correct order when they have to say the alphabet backwards before they recall the string versus when they simply wait a few minutes and recall the stringd- A & Be- A & Cf- B & C
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