Uploaded August 2013 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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A heartwarming tale of homophones, love, and brain functions.

What has to happen in your brain to speak your mind? To hear and understand a sentence? To distinguish between homophones? Let's pair up...and find out!

by Genevieve Jones, Rachael Porter, and Meg Rosenburg
thanks to: Krishan Khalsa, Joe Palca, Dwayne Godwin, Crystal Dilworth, and Jorge Cham
music: "The Time is Now" by Heather Fenoughty (licensed from Premium Beat: premiumbeat.com/royalty_free_music/songs/the-time-is-now)

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