There’s no question the gif is dividing the internet ... white and gold dress circa 2015, but, why do so many people experience a thudding sound when they watch it? Many experts have weighed ...

There's no sound, but do you hear a thud in your ... asked whether any one with expertise in visual perception could explain why you can "hear" this GIF. One reason users might be able to feel ...

The GIF (first created by animation and video creator Happy Toast) makes no noise. But DeBruine asked via Twitter: "Does anyone in visual perception know why you ... a thudding sound when watching ...

Does anyone in visual perception know why you can hear this gif? pic.twitter.com/mcT22Lzfkp — Lisa DeBruine (@lisadebruine) December 2, 2017 A silent gif of pylons ...

"What do you experience when you watch this gif?" she asked. The options included a thudding sound, nothing ... our day to participate in the query, no one seemed to have an answer at the time.

would probably make the 'thud' sound," posted another Twitter user. Which is also the explanation which appeals to the gif's creator. Dr DeBruine told the BBC: "I don't know why some people hear ...

And the results showed that 69% of them did hear the sound and around 20% said they hear “nothing”. here is the tweet that included that GIF Does anyone in visual perception know why you can ...

simply because the sound makes sense. The very commonness of vEAR could mean that we don’t notice until it’s brought to our attention by these noisy GIFs. The GIF above isn’t the only ...

To the delight of a great many cognitive scientists, perceptual illusions have undeniably been in vogue thanks to a whole wardrobe of controversial garments including dresses (mostly, yes, the ...

Some people claim they can hear a thudding sound when the pylon hits the ground and the picture vibrates. Many social media users have discussed the noisy-gif phenomenon, as on Imgur in 2011 ...