surprisal
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This analysis revealed that sentences with higher surprisal generate higher responses in the brain.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 3, 2024
They also used a computational technique to quantify each sentence's "surprisal," or how uncommon it is compared to other sentences.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 3, 2024
This is consistent with previous studies showing people have more difficulty processing sentences with higher surprisal, the researchers say.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 3, 2024
"This surprisal," says M. Darn, "caused inexpressible joy in Venice; after so many disasters there was seen a gleans of hope."
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 3 by Robert Black
But, O what a wonderful, yet blessed surprisal!
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning
