In speech comprehension, what is the 'Phonemic Restoration Effect'?
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Correct answer: The process where a listener mentally replaces a noise-obscured speech sound using context
The Phonemic Restoration Effect occurs when a specific phoneme is removed from a recorded sentence and replaced with a burst of static or a cough. Listeners routinely report hearing the complete word, demonstrating that top-down semantic and syntactic context allows the brain to fill in missing acoustic details seamlessly.
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