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The podcast would explore the core processes by which humans convert spoken sounds or written text into meaningful ideas.
It would detail the unique challenges of listening, such as the rapid speed of speech and the difficulty in separating words in the continuous sound stream (segmentation problem). Listeners must also cope with variations in pronunciation due to the influence of neighboring sounds (co-articulation) and different accents. The podcast would explain how we overcome these issues by using acoustic cues (like stress and rhythm), knowledge and context (e.g., the Possible Word Constraint), and the perception of ambiguous sounds as distinct units (categorical perception). It would also touch on the multi-modal nature of speech perception, emphasiz ...
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