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Brain has an 'autofill' function for speech


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The Brain Has Its Own “Autofill” Function for Speech

The world is an unpredictable place. But the brain has evolved a way to cope with the everyday uncertainties it encounters—it doesn’t present us with many of them, but instead resolves them as a realistic model of the world. The body’s central controller predicts every contingency, using its stored database of past experiences, to minimize the element of surprise. Take vision, for example: We rarely see objects in their entirety but our brains fill in the gaps to make a best guess at what we are seeing—and these predictions are usually an accurate reflection of reality.

Read more: Scientific American

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For once I'm speechless...just kidding. It's really cool how the brain works.

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59 minutes ago, Future ghost said:

For once I'm speechless...just kidding. It's really cool how the brain works.

you made me snort!  thanks mate... good belly laugh

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