Participants in an experiment were shown degraded line drawings of common objects (e.g., coffee cups, wineglasses).  In condition A, the drawings were degraded by erasing the mid-segments of lines.  In condition B, the drawings were degraded by erasing the parts of the lines showing intersections.  In which condition are participants more likely to have a harder time recognizing the common objects; and which theory of object recognition predicts this result?   1. Participants in condition B would have a harder time recognizing the objects; Biederman's RBC theory.   2. Participants in condition A would have a harder time recognizing the objects; template matching.   3. Participants in condition A would have a harder time recognizing the objects; Biederman’s RBC theory.   4. Participants in condition B would have a harder time recognizing the objects; feature detection.

Participants in an experiment were shown degraded line drawings of common objects (e.g., coffee cups, wineglasses).  In condition A, the drawings were degraded by erasing the mid-segments of lines.  In condition B, the drawings were degraded by erasing the parts of the lines showing intersections.  In which condition are participants more likely to have a harder time recognizing the common objects; and which theory of object recognition predicts this result?