In an Experiment a Cough or a Tone Replaced the First

question 52

Multiple Choice

In an experiment a cough or a tone replaced the first "s" in the word "legislatures" in a sentence the subjects were listening to. The results of this experiment support the idea that

• A) we first hear each letter separately, then combine them into words.
• B) we hear words as a whole, rather than a group of separate sounds (letters).
• C) we interpret words independently of their context.
• D) we block from consciousness any word that does not make sense in a sentence.

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