You Hear Someone Utter the Sentence "Cognitive Neuroscience Is Fascinating

question 52

Multiple Choice

You hear someone utter the sentence "Cognitive neuroscience is fascinating." Your ability to infer whether the speaker intended to convey her genuine interest in cognitive neuroscience or to make a sarcastic comment indicating just the opposite depends on your ability to process the ________ components in the speech signal.

• A)relatively low-auditory-frequency
• B)relatively high-auditory-frequency
• C)relatively low-spatial-frequency
• D)relatively high-spatial-frequency

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