The perception of different acoustic stimuli as being identical phonemes up to a point at which perception flips to perceive another phoneme is known as ______.
A)the McGurk effect
B)coarticulation
C)speech resonance theory
D)categorical perception

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Categorical perception is the perception of different acoustic stimuli as being identical phonemes up to a point at which perception flips to perceive another phoneme. This phenomenon has been extensively studied in speech perception research. The other options are not related to this phenomenon - The McGurk effect refers to the perception of a syllable as a different syllable due to conflicting visual and auditory input, coarticulation refers to the overlapping of articulatory movements in speech production, and speech resonance theory is a hypothesis that proposes that the resonant frequencies of the vocal tract play a role in speech perception.

The Perception of Different Acoustic Stimuli as Being Identical Phonemes