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Semantic Satiation

  • Frances Lee
  • Nov 4, 2015
  • 1 min read

Do you ever reach a point where words don't really look right anymore?

If I type a word or stare at it for too long, it gets really funky to me... It doesn't look like a real word anymore and I keep second guessing my spelling because maybe that's the reason it sticks out like a sore thumb.

Brb searching this up

Okay it's called semantic satiation.

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2014/10/repeating-a-word-until-it-loses-meaning-a-thing.html#

Basically our brain is tired of hearing or looking at the word, so we begin to ignore it/pay less attention to it.


 
 
 

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