When Holly was an infant she could discriminate between the phonemes of other languages. As a toddler, she can no longer do so; this is known as:
A) haptic discrimination.
B) perceptual tuning.
C) experience-expectant plasticity.
D) canalization.

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Perceptual tuning is the process by which infants' ability to perceive sounds becomes more specialized to the phonemes of their native language(s) as they are exposed to them over time, leading to a decrease in their ability to discriminate between phonemes of other languages.

When Holly Was an Infant She Could Discriminate Between the Phonemes