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 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.

Sometimes the experience of reality is distorted and results in so-called visual and auditory illusions. We will learn how the brain works by exploring the conditions under which certain visual and ...

In a new study, published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers examined how people experience silence using well-known auditory illusions. The illusions are ...

We’re all familiar with different optical illusions. In Auditory Illusions, Trevor Cox investigates sounds that trick the ear to find out how they are used in music. Here are the five best ...

This auditory illusion is called a binaural beat. For example, if a person hears a tone of 405 Hz in one ear and a tone of 415 Hz in the other, they would be hearing a binaural beat with a ...

"The key takeaway is that we were able to disrupt auditory perception by creating a simple illusion in the representation of the body in space," added Paromov. "This indicates a reciprocal ...

Or better yet, how about Yanny vs. Laurel? Well, a new viral auditory illusion hit the internet over the weekend. Green needle vs. brainstorm. Just watch. Different coworkers have had different ...

This auditory illusion is called a binaural beat. For example, if a person hears a tone of 405 Hz in one ear and a tone of 415 Hz in the other, they would be hearing a binaural beat with a ...