Golestani et al.'s (2009) finding that bilinguals are better able to perceive speech in the presence of noise in their native language compared to their non-native language suggests:
A) top-down semantic processing to native language processing only
B) bottom-up perceptual processing to non-native language processing only
C) a combination of bottom-up and top-down processing to both native and non-native languages
D) processing limitations relating to working memory capacity

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The Answer of Golestani et al.'s (2009) finding that bilinguals are better able to perceive speech in the presence of noise in their native language compared to their non-native language suggests:
A) top-down semantic processing to native language processing only
B) bottom-up perceptual processing to non-native language processing only
C) a combination of bottom-up and top-down processing to both native and non-native languages
D) processing limitations relating to working memory capacity

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