While sitting in class listening to your professor's lecture, a student sneezes. Miraculously, you still understand the point the professor was attempting to make. This illustrates ______.

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The phoneme restoration effect explains how people can understand spoken words even if part of the speech signal is missing, as our brains can fill in the missing information based on the context of the sentence and our past experiences. This is why you could still understand the professor's point despite the interruption caused by the sneeze.

While Sitting in Class Listening to Your Professor's Lecture, a Student