According to the __________ theory of speech perception,the sounds /r/ and /l/ sound identical to a native Japanese speaker because he or she articulates them the same way.
A)motor
B)psychological
C)phonetic refinement
D)TRACE

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The motor theory of speech perception suggests that speech perception is based on a listener's ability to map acoustic properties of speech sounds onto the motor commands required to produce them. In this theory, perceiving speech sounds involves activating the same motor regions in the brain that are used for producing those sounds. Therefore, according to this theory, a native Japanese speaker might perceive the sounds /r/ and /l/ as identical because they are produced with similar motor commands in Japanese.

According to the __________ Theory of Speech Perception,the Sounds /R