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The unit also recorded sounds of troop and vehicle movements, which were blared from speakers in the back of trucks to create an auditory illusion.
Another auditory illusion was described in 1928 by Paul Thomas Young, an American psychologist, who tested the process of sound localization (the direction from which sound seems to come).
Shepard's tones are a typical example for auditory illusion.
"McGurk effect" is known as an auditory illusion caused by interference from unmatched visual inputs.
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"We're pretty familiar with optical illusions, but auditory illusions are much less common," she said.
Audio clips courtesy of Diana Deutsch, whose CDs of auditory illusions can be found at Philomel Records.
To explore the theme, she plays some auditory illusions, which are among the strangest sounds I have ever heard.
Historical evidence indicates that many ancient cultures were fascinated by auditory illusions like the rumbling of thunder off canyon walls and the echoes inside caves.
This interest in unpicking how the brain processes complex sounds was also how she ended up talking about auditory illusions at the Science Showoff event – an open mic comedy night for scientists.
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