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
And, by reason of that sudden surprisal, we, knowing ourselves innocent of the crime, were all exceedingly astonished and amazed, and consternated and affrighted even out of our reason.
From Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Putnam, Allen
He is so honourably merciful to women in surprisal, that only that makes him an excellent courtier.
From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various
