Which statement best illustrates an automatic mental process?

a) An experienced reader decodes combinations of letters into words while reading
b) A man thinks about his first love when he hears someone mention her name.
c) An engineer ruminates about different options for designing a machine.
d) A student visualizes a word to recall how it is spelled.


A

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