Werker and Tees (1984) examined how infants from English-speaking families perceived phonemic contrasts from other languages (Hindi and (Salish/Thompson) . The study showed that:
A) infant girls were better at perceiving non-native contrasts than infant boys were
B) infants perceived Hindi contrasts better than the Salish/Thompson contrasts
C) the youngest infants studied could distinguish both contrasts, but the older infants could not
D) none of the infants could distinguish any of the contrasts
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