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decoding

decoding In cognition, decoding is the process of interpreting a message by linking features of the message to the internal state of the person communicating.

In cognition, decoding is the process of interpreting a message by linking features of the message to the internal state of the person communicating. In psycholinguistics, it is studied alongside encoding as part of how people select and make sense of messages.

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