This ‘auditory illusion’ left us completely dumbfounded. You won’t believe your ears
This is an ‘auditory illusion’ – like an optical illusion, but you have to listen to it – courtesy of @RainMaker1973 on Twitter.
An auditory illusion is an illusion of hearing, the aural equivalent of an optical illusion, like this amazing tune https://t.co/RYcdyd7LGC pic.twitter.com/yJst0aa7pm
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) June 9, 2017
Don’t even pretend you’re not about to immediately listen to it again. And again.
Lordy this is all a bit weird!
— Blowpobbs (@Blowpobbs) June 10, 2017
Well, I'll be…!
— Alistair Martin (@Al_toMyFriends) June 10, 2017
Here it is in reverse.
Or this descending tune, which keeps falling deeperand deeper even after you hit replay https://t.co/sGw955UBJE pic.twitter.com/def1b0U01l
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) June 9, 2017
It feels like I'm hearing a chorus of 2-3 octaves but my brain gets tricked into following only one
— Joey Mentch (@Zonerender) June 15, 2017
that's actually the point of the illusion
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) June 15, 2017
In the unlikely event your brain isn’t totally fried, here’s another.
The McGurk effect is a perceptual phenomenon demonstrating interaction between hearing & vision in speech perception https://t.co/sAodXqTDv4 pic.twitter.com/SOn8zLjcgI
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) June 9, 2017
