🔗s to the studies above: "Listeners' uses of um and uh in speech comprehension" https://t.co/CwDD1iG4uU "The processing of filled pause disfluencies in the visual world" https://t.co/AwNtyi11rN
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@WorldWarWang Indeed, some research shows that words like "uh" and "uhm" are actually **beneficial** for comprehension. See, for example, https://t.co/Bc8xhdhBFC https://t.co/hnhPame7qS
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RT @KB_Neal: @rgibli @BahnischMark 1. There is some evidence that ums / ahs actually make it easier to process speech, so I take that as pe…
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@rgibli @BahnischMark 1. There is some evidence that ums / ahs actually make it easier to process speech, so I take that as permission not to edit that stuff out. https://t.co/Xjy1a8bJEs
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@Jessifer @karenraycosta They can actually help comprehension. https://t.co/5LGA4XgS47