Silence might not be deafening but it’s something that literally can be heard, concludes a team of philosophers and psychologists who used auditory illusions to reveal how moments of silence distort ...

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 ...

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Neuroscientists and sound designers explain the Shepard tone—an auditory illusion that makes listeners feel like they're flying or sinking. By Alison Nastasi Published Aug 11, 2022 9:00 AM EDT Get the ...

Sine-wave speech can be thought of as a sort of auditory illusion, a sensory edge case in which one’s experience has a clear “before” and “after” moment, like going through a one-way door. Sine-wave ...

What does silence sound like? This may seem an odd question, but research indicates that silence is something that can ‘be heard’ and that people perceive silence in different ways. This is drawn from ...

When two tones of slightly different frequencies are played in separate ears simultaneously (usually through headphones), the human brain perceives the creation of a new, third tone, whose frequency ...