Studies of infant's memory:
A) indicate that infants process speech patterns in all languages similarly.
B) suggest that newborns process their mother's language more readily than other languages.
C) suggest that it is the basis of sound patterns or prosody.
D) suggest that infants are able to distinguish their language from another on the basis of sound patterns only.

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Studies suggest that newborns show a preference for and recognize their mother's language more readily than other languages, indicating early language learning and memory retention.

Answer: C 
 Other studies suggest that infants' early memory formation is based on prosody or the sound patterns of language, allowing them to distinguish and process speech sounds in their language.

Studies of Infant's Memory