Life Sentence. Using Words to Share Reality-The Real Thing

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People have an amazing capacity to decipher the meaning of human speech, even when familiar words are pronounced with different accents and intonations, or when only some of the words in a particular sentence are heard. In this program James Burke explains how we understand what people are saying, making the point that the brain is as important to hearing as the ears. And although the same words may trigger different associations from person to person, semantics, syntax, and grammar go a long way toward allowing us to share with others our individual perception of reality.

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27 min

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[2012], c1980

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