When subjects in Sanders and colleagues' study showed the N100 response to the the sound of a string of nonsense syllables, this indicated
A) that they had learned that a segment of the string was a 'word.'
B) that bottom-up processing of continuous speech was occurring.
C) the importance of context to understanding speech.
D) that the sound was outside the normal frequency range for human speech.
E) that they were not able to comprehend anything meaningful in the string.

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The N100 response is an event-related potential that is elicited by the onset of a novel or unexpected sound. In Sanders and colleagues' study, the N100 response was elicited by the sound of a string of nonsense syllables. This indicates that the subjects had learned that a segment of the string was a 'word.'

When Subjects in Sanders and Colleagues' Study Showed the N100