Between 6 and 8 months, infants
A) become sensitive to syllable stress patterns in foreign languages.
B) start to "screen out" sounds not used in their native tongue.
C) do not yet recognize familiar words in spoken passages.
D) prefer listening to a foreign language than their own language.
Answer: B
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