Which of the following provided evidence against the Special Mechanism account?
A) Nonhuman species also demonstrate categorical perception.
B) Humans exhibit categorical perception for complex nonspeech sounds.
C) People do not always integrate formants with their bases.
D) all of the above

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All of the statements provided in A, B, and C go against the Special Mechanism account, suggesting that categorical perception is not solely based on specialized neural mechanisms, or formant detectors, in the brain. Instead, similar categorical perception effects can be found in nonhuman species and for complex nonspeech sounds, and people do not always integrate formants with their bases, which argues for a more general mechanism underlying categorical perception.

Which of the Following Provided Evidence Against the Special Mechanism