surprisal
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Origin of 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
Her singing she valued most as a way of uttering the emotion she must not speak of to anyone; in music she could ease herself of passion, yet fear no surprisal of her secret.
From Thyrza by Gissing, George
Unless by surprisal and extreme despatch, there is clearly no hope!
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 by Carlyle, Thomas
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