How do our brains process speech? - Gareth Gaskell
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The average 20-year-old knows between 27,000 and 52,000 different words. Spoken out loud, most of these words last less than a second. With every word, the brain has a quick decision to make: which of those thousands of options matches the signal? And about 98% of the time, the brain chooses the correct word. How is this possible? Gareth Gaskell digs into the complexities of speech comprehension.
When we recognize speech, what is the advantage of having processing units that are dedicated to the recognition of just one word?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Gareth Gaskell
- Director Skirmanta Jakaitė
- Narrator Addison Anderson
- Storyboard Artist Skirmanta Jakaitė
- Animator Skirmanta Jakaitė
- Art Director Skirmanta Jakaitė
- Music Stephen LaRosa
- Sound Designer Stephen LaRosa
- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
- Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Editorial Producer Elizabeth Cox
- Script Editor Emma Bryce
- Fact-Checker Eden Girma
