Why words can suddenly look unrecognizable. Learn to love the full stop. Marley.

Why words can suddenly look unrecognizable. Learn to love the full stop. Marley.

933. Have you ever looked at a word and it didn't seem like a real word anymore? It's a specific thing that happens in your brain called semantic satiation, and we have the fascinating ins and outs. Plus, we extol the merits of the full stop.

The full stop segment was by Joe Moran, a professor of English and Cultural History, Liverpool John Moores University. It originally appeared on The Conversation and appears here through a Creative Commons license.

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