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Differences in perceptual organization of vocal nonsense, in the presence of visual displays of varying complexity, were studied in 48 college students. Freedom to respond to nonsense appeared to be inversely related to the degree of visual complexity. A theoretical framework is suggested to explain the differences and to relate the results to elicited aggression experiments.
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I offer my eternal gratitude to Roger Moss for serving relentlessly as an example of existential piety. O. Thomas Law is the sponsor of this article and takes full editorial responsibility.
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Spencer, J.O. Suppression of perceptual organization in the auditory mode by the presence of visual stimuli. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 1, 31–32 (1973). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03333329
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