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111: Whoa!! A surprise episode??? For me??!!

December 19, 202550 min · 8,497 words

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Wait, surprise is associated with a particular intonation!? Oh, you can see surprise by measuring electricity from your brain!? Hang on, some languages have grammatical marking for surprise!? In this episode, your hosts Lauren Gawne and Gretchen McCulloch get enthusiastic about surprise.

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we would expect to see a tiny negative dip at 400 milliseconds after the word socks because it's unexpected.
I found this really interesting article about a researcher named Arnelle Etienne who re-engineered EEG to work as clips that sit underneath thick hair that's been braided.

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