These Illusions Fool Almost Everyone

Описание: Audio illusions show us that hearing is about more than just sensing frequency. Which ones trick you every time? Head to https://brilliant.org/veritasium to start your free 30-day trial and get 20% off an annual premium subscription.

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A big thank you to Titus Grenyer over at Pep Organ for showing us around the Sydney Town Hall Organ, to Dr. Diana Deutsch for providing her illusions and insight into the field, to Casey Connor for advice on building sound illusions, and to Dr. Michael Bach for providing the motion-bounce illusion.

Pep organ: https://ve42.co/peporgan
Casey Connor’s Psychoacoustics: https://ve42.co/CaseyConnor

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References: https://ve42.co/AudioIllusionsRefs

Images & Video:

Aircraft Detection before radar, 1917-1940 - https://ve42.co/DetectionBeforeRadar
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force operator Denise Miley - https://ve42.co/ChainHomeRadar
Daventry Experiment Van, operated by “Jock” Herd - https://ve42.co/ChainHome
Perfect fifth - https://ve42.co/PerfectFifth
Denge acoustic mirrors - The original uploader was Jksolomon at English Wikipedia. - https://ve42.co/DengeSoundMirror
Denge sound mirrors | Sound Mirrors https://ve42.co/SoundMirrorsDenge
Mayer telescope in 1880, US patent number 224199. NAE Website - Acoustic Source Localization Techniques and Their Applications https://ve42.co/AcousticSoundLocaliza...
Professor Mayer’s Topophone - https://ve42.co/Topophone
AR_Speaker_v12 - Download Free 3D model by steveMarketscale [6ca6a0a] - Sketchfab https://ve42.co/ARSpeaker
Ear Phenotypes https://ve42.co/Earhenotypes

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