Suppose that you are reading a journal article that supports the "special mechanism approach" to speech perception. Which of the following statements would you be most likely to see?

a. Humans have an inborn ability that helps them perceive speech sounds.
b. Humans can perceive speech sounds especially well when the sounds are accompanied by music.
c. Speech perception operates in the same way as visual perception.
d. We can remember spoken sentences better than printed sentences.


Ans: a

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