Re: Amazing illusions

From: Karen Rand Smigrodzki (karen@smigrodzki.org)
Date: Sat Jul 05 2003 - 15:48:30 MDT

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    I tried it before I knew what this was about, but the browser started
    playing the clip while I was not watching. So what I heard was "Ba-(another
    sound after this for which I have forgotten the phonetic symbol -- close to
    a flap, but close to retroflex R as well)-da-da-da-da-da(with the last two
    da da's being not technically describably by the phonetic symbol d." Now
    having read what the "McGurk effect" is supposed to be, I am not sold. It
    also seems strange to me that I have a masters degree in theoretical
    linguistics, and yet I was never told of this "effect".

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Alejandro Dubrovsky" <s328940@student.uq.edu.au>
    To: "extropians" <extropians@extropy.org>
    Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 4:20 PM
    Subject: Amazing illusions

    > Continuing on the "our brains are made of mush" series, we have the
    > McGurk effect (i suggest downloading the clip if your browser doesn't
    > cache, because you are going to want to play it a few hundred times)
    > http://www.media.uio.no/personer/arntm/McGurk_english.html
    >
    > alejandro
    >
    >
    >



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