How Does Your Brain Predict the Future When You Hear Speech?

Thanks to our brains, we can talk to our families and friends and easily understand what they are saying. But did you know that our brains do not just listen—they also try to guess what we are going to hear next? In this article, we will explore how the brain makes these predictions like a fortune teller: how it guesses what sounds or words a person will say next, and how scientists study this amazing ability. Finally, we will look at the mysteries that researchers are still trying to answer about how our brains use predictions to understand speech.