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.
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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
