The human brain is an infinitely complex machine, and one of the simplest tasks in everyday life- language perception- involves intricate mechanisms within the brain. Dr. Niedzielski is a linguistic psychologist who has researched these intricacies for a long time, and her talk details all the factors that go into speech and language perception: how context helps the brain make decisions, how our sight affects our language and how the brain is imperfect. Nancy Niedzielski is an associate professor of linguistics at Rice University. She has published work on sociophonetics and speech perception, including two manuscripts with Dennis Preston. Her research is currently focused on HUES (Houston Urban English Study), which deals with the production and perception of variation in Houston, Texas, and how this impacts institutions such as education, or the courts. In conjunction with this, she has held consulting positions with, for example, the Houston Independent School District, the FBI, and NASA. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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