Tuesday, December 18, 2007

The McGurk Effect

The McGurk effect is not for pussies!

Play the video below and staring carefully at the the man's face, what is he saying?




It may sound like he is saying "DA"
Now watch it with your eyes closed, it probably sounds like he is saying "BA".
While watching - open and close your eyes, the sound should change between "DA" and "BA".

(unless you are a pussy)

What causes this?
Our mind takes visual cues when listening to people talk - the video is of a man articulating the sound "GA", so our mind compensates for the mismatch by finding some in between sound of "GA" and "BA", which is "DA"

Our mind interferes with our audio-visual reception all the time. Damn Mind!

oh god- did your balls just drop?
not for pussies!

1 comment:

Tim said...

Heeeey, that is so true! Sounds totally different.

Hey mel, how did u find my blog?