Marcus is talking on the phone to his mother about what he should buy at the grocery store when a garbage truck drives past him.As a result,he is unable to hear what his mom is saying for 3 or 4 seconds.Which of the following is LEAST likely to help him figure out what his mother said?

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Categorical perception, which is the ability to perceive stimuli as belonging to discrete categories, is unlikely to help Marcus understand what his mother said after being interrupted by the garbage truck. The other options are more likely to help him figure out what his mother said. Previous knowledge of his mother's opinions and beliefs may give context to what she was saying, his memory for the beginning of the sentence can help him infer the rest of the sentence, and knowing the conversation was about grocery shopping can help him fill in any missing information.

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