{"id":93,"date":"2008-09-10T15:27:37","date_gmt":"2008-09-10T19:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/humanspark\/?p=93"},"modified":"2018-09-10T15:16:11","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T19:16:11","slug":"spark-blog-how-does-your-brain-react-to-gibberish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/humanspark\/video\/spark-blog-how-does-your-brain-react-to-gibberish\/93\/","title":{"rendered":"Spark Blog: How Does Your Brain React to Gibberish?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Check out this clip of &#8220;Pingu,&#8221; modified by the scientists in Oregon to include strange grammatical constructions. 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