Which of the following students provides the best overview about the research on theories of speech perception, as discussed in Chapter 2?
a. Kaitlin: "Because speech is important to human survival, people have a specialized brain structure that helps them decode speech sounds."
b. Anastazia: "The research on categorical perception provides the strongest evidence that the special mechanism approach to speech perception is correct."
c. Samaria: "In general, most theorists believe that the human nervous system processes speech sounds in the same way it processes nonspeech sounds."
d. Jared: "The research on the McGurk effect demonstrates that the special mechanism approach to speech perception is correct."
Ans: c
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