Comments on: Spark Blog: How Does Your Brain React to Gibberish?

By: Darla N. Denham

Darla N. Denham — Wed, 13 May 2009 19:41:27 +0000

I watched the video and It’s hard for me to figure some of the phrases out if my eyes are not on the video, but I can guess what the proper words are because I spell out the giberish words that the man is narating in my head and I’m able to desipher what exactly is going on in the flic. This is a very interesting experiment.

By: guynoir

guynoir — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:57:46 +0000

Scott, you’re missing something. The scientists don’t ask whether the observer thinks there is a grammatical error, they observe brain activity. They found that even very little kids have grammar rules mapped into their brains. Some people think it’s worth knowing how early in development we acquire stuff like this.

By: scott Munro

scott Munro — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:36:03 +0000

if this is what scientist call important scientific study they should go back to college what a load of bollocks

By: Thirteen/WNET » How Does Your Brain React to Gibberish?

Thirteen/WNET » How Does Your Brain React to Gibberish? — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:50:52 +0000

[...] Check out this clip of “Pingu,” modified by the scientists in Oregon to include strange grammatical constructions. They want to see how brains react to mistakes in grammar, even when the listener isn’t fluent in the language being spoken! How would your brain react? Watch now… [...]