Perception studies demonstrate that
A) Western adults, but not infants, can detect rhythmic-pattern deviations of non-Western music.
B) Western children retain the ability to detect deviations in foreign musical rhythms throughout childhood.
C) Western babies lose their ability to detect deviations in foreign musical rhythms by 12 months of age.
D) daily opportunities to listen to non-Western music restores Western adults' sensitivity to music rhythms.

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Western babies initially have the ability to detect deviations in various musical rhythms, including those from non-Western music. However, as they grow and are primarily exposed to the music of their own culture, they lose this ability by around 12 months of age. This phenomenon is part of the broader understanding of perceptual narrowing, where infants gradually lose their innate wide-ranging perceptual abilities to become more specialized in the sensory inputs most relevant to their environment.

Perception Studies Demonstrate That