Babies' seemingly miraculous ability to make sense of undifferentiated speech and segmentation of language is best characterized by their _______ ability to extract meaningful information out of what they hear.
A) conscious
B) unconscious
C) explicit
D) learned

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Babies' ability to make sense of undifferentiated speech and segment language is not a conscious effort, as they lack the cognitive capacity for deliberate attention and analysis of language. Rather, it is an automatic and unconscious ability that is present from birth and develops over time. The other options (explicit and learned) imply some level of conscious effort or deliberate instruction, which is not applicable to this situation.

Babies' Seemingly Miraculous Ability to Make Sense of Undifferentiated Speech