In a study of speech perception described in the textbook,Janet Werker showed that infants under 8 months of age performed better than English-speaking adults on a task.What did this task involve?
A)distinguishing between Hindi phonemes.
B)localizing the source of a sound.
C)associating speakers with samples of speech.
D)producing phonemes that occur in Japanese but not in English.

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The study involved infants under 8 months of age distinguishing between Hindi phonemes, which they did better than English-speaking adults.

In a Study of Speech Perception Described in the Textbook,Janet