surprisal

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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

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 analysis revealed that sentences with higher surprisal generate higher responses in the brain.

From Science Daily • Jan. 3, 2024

Such, however, was the case, and it was attended with all the consequences of the most complete surprisal.

From Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition by Scott, Walter, Sir

In any case there could be no surprisal now; and he would gladly have seen those he was guiding give up the thought of it and turn back.

From The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley by Reid, Mayne