In the motor theory of speech perception, it is thought that ______.
A)unless one's own speech apparatus is engaged, it is impossible to understand the speech of others
B)areas in the premotor cortex are necessary for speech perception
C)inferring sound from the movements of the speaker's mouth is the core of the speech perception system
D)speech perception relies on the same processes as do other forms of auditory perception

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The motor theory of speech perception posits that perceiving speech is the result of matching the observed movements of a speaker's mouth with an internal motor representation of those movements. This theory suggests that the core of the speech perception system is inferring sound from the movements of the speaker's mouth.

In the Motor Theory of Speech Perception, It Is Thought