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3 unusual facts about Semantic satiation


Satiation

Semantic satiation, where repetition of a word or phrase causes it to temporarily lose meaning

Semantic satiation

The explanation for the phenomenon was that verbal repetition repeatedly aroused a specific neural pattern in the cortex which corresponds to the meaning of the word.

Semantic satiation is used extensively in Tony Burgess' novel Pontypool Changes Everything, as well as in the film adaptation of the novel.



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