Recently I've run across several interesting examples of audio illusions that demonstrate how the ear/brain combination can be easily fooled. For example, a web page on audio paradoxes includes ...
Scientists have long debated how we perceive the absence of sound waves hitting our ears. DrPixel via Getty Images From the roar of a crowd to the quiet of a library, sound and silence might seem like ...
Thomas Steed, owner and financier of Polygamy Productions, has simple things to say about the first installment of his two-part music and sound festival, Illusions in Sound: “People loved it. It was ...
In auditory illusion tests, people perceive silence as a form of sound, just as Simon and Garfunkel suggested. By Bethany Brookshire The hush at the end of the musical performance. The pause in a ...
Most of us are familiar with optical illusions. They make our eyes and brains question whether they are seeing things as they truly are or creating our own version of what we see. Similarly, an ...
Sensory illusions reveal how the brain creates coherence when signals don’t align. In autism and ADHD, perception often ...
CAN YOU TELL when you’ve suddenly and accidentally broken into song? When you say, “I don’t know,” does it sound like a melody that you can hum? Why does a spoken word, when repeated over and over, ...
Made abundantly clear by optical illusions like #TheDress, the human eye has a tendency to play tricks on us. In truth, our eyes aren’t the problem; Rather, the blame should normally be placed ...
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We Can Hear Silence Like a Sound, Scientists Say
From the roar of a crowd to the quiet of a library, sound and silence might seem like polar opposites. However, according to new research, our brains perceive them in the same way. Silence may not be ...
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