McGurk and McDonald demonstrated that ______.
A. we are born with the ability to distinguish a large number of phonemes but quickly home in on just those used in our native languages
B. what we see can influence speech perception to the point of overriding the actual sounds detected by our ears
C. our brains can use context to correctly "hear" sounds that are missing or obscured
D. by studying a person's brain activity while they listen to human speech, we can sometimes determine what words they are hearing
Answer: B
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