In researches conducted by DeCasper & Fifer in 1980 and DeCasper et al. in 2011, it was found that neonates adjusted their rate of sucking to hear a recording of their mother reading a story she had read aloud during the last weeks of pregnancy. This provides evidence that:

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The finding that neonates adjusted their rate of sucking to hear a recording of their mother reading a story she had read aloud during the last weeks of pregnancy provides evidence that neonates demonstrate memory for stimuli to which they have been exposed previously. This suggests that some cognitive processes are present at birth or develop very early on, which goes against the idea that cognitive development is tied to discrete stages. There is no evidence to support the idea that a neonate's mind is a tabula rasa or that neonates develop object permanence before birth, so choices B and C are incorrect.

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