Try this bizarre audio illusion! 👁️👂😮 - BBC

BBC · 5.8M views · 2010-11-10 · 3:26

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Overview

A BBC Horizon clip demonstrating the McGurk effect, where the same audio sounds like different syllables depending on the mouth movements you see. It shows that people integrate visual speech information into what they hear.

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HN uses it as the standard demonstration that the brain reinterprets perception, in threads on speech, AI audio and illusions.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2011–2020

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Neuroscience & the brain Magic, puzzles & curiosities Language & linguistics

What people said

kkylin · 2017-08 · Recommendation
If you like this sort of thing, and haven't heard of the McGurk Effect before, take a look at this: [VIDEO] .
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lunarscape · 2012-07 · Recommendation
"People already lie to themselves" The most compelling illustration I've seen of this is the McGurk Affect[1]. [1] [VIDEO]
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barbegal · 2020-08 · Reference
It was people clapping in mission control but your brain wants to think the sound matches the images so your brain tricks you into thinking it is the sound of water splashing. This is sometimes known as the McGurk effect [VIDEO]
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