The idea that speech processing is qualitatively different from the processing of non-speech sounds in partly based on
A) The frequency content of speech sounds.
B) Evidence for the existence of phonemes
C) Evidence for top-down processing of speech.
D) Evidence for categorical perception in speech

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Categorical perception in speech is the phenomenon where listeners perceive speech sounds within a categorical framework, rather than as continuous acoustic variations. This suggests that there are unique mechanisms underlying speech perception that are not present in the perception of non-speech sounds. The other options (A, B, and C) are all relevant to speech processing, but do not provide evidence for a qualitative difference between speech and non-speech sound processing.

The Idea That Speech Processing Is Qualitatively Different from the Processing