# How do our brains process speech?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Gareth Gaskell
- Year: 2020
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Psychology and the brain, Society and politics, Languages and linguistics, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/gareth_gaskell_how_do_our_brains_process_speech)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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. \[Directed by Art Shot, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Stephen LaRosa\].

## Lectures

1. [How do our brains process speech?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/gareth_gaskell_how_do_our_brains_process_speech/412f2786eb80), 5 min (TED's player)