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From the Ted Talk by Gareth Gaskell: How do our brains process speech?
Unscramble the Blue Letters
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Open Cloze
This suggests that every time we hear a word there’s a brief explosion of meanings in our minds, and by the recognition _____ the brain has settled on one interpretation. The recognition process moves more rapidly with a sentence that gives us context than in a random ______ of words. Context also helps guide us towards the ________ meaning of _____ with multiple interpretations, like "bat," or "crane," or in cases of homophones like "no" or "know." For ____________ people, the language they are listening to is another cue, used to eliminate potential words that don’t match the ________ context.
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Original Text
This suggests that every time we hear a word there’s a brief explosion of meanings in our minds, and by the recognition point the brain has settled on one interpretation. The recognition process moves more rapidly with a sentence that gives us context than in a random string of words. Context also helps guide us towards the intended meaning of words with multiple interpretations, like "bat," or "crane," or in cases of homophones like "no" or "know." For multilingual people, the language they are listening to is another cue, used to eliminate potential words that don’t match the language context.
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