Several clues, like the fact that many of the cortical auditory regions responsible for linguistic and musical processing are the same and the existence
of auditory illusions dependent on the mother tongue or dialect, have led investigators to hypothesize that native listening transfers also to non-linguistic sound stimuli such as music.
The Tritone Paradox was the most
popular auditory illusion, according to Jennifer Holshue, editorial content manager at AAAS» EurekAlert!
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At the table exploring the sense of hearing, visitors were equipped with headphones to block out the din of the festival and tune in to a series
of auditory illusions.
More than 80 AAAS volunteers deployed jelly beans, Braille lettering and
auditory illusions to creatively demonstrate the science of the five senses to thousands of curious participants at the 5th USA Science & Engineering Festival in Washington, D.C.
«A distracting noise that is more to one side will cause
an auditory illusion by obscuring the signal in that ear,» says Mason.
Images packed with meaning, like two cars colliding, are more likely to trigger
the auditory illusion.
Atlanta dance collective Fly on a Wall reprises its work based on binaural beats,
an auditory illusion created when tones are played at different frequencies.
Both S9 models feature stereo speakers tuned by AKG and support Dolby Atmos, providing
an auditory illusion of 360 - degree surround sound.
If you are watching a concert recording, for example, the cheers and whistles of the audience would be delivered over these channels — creating
the auditory illusion that you're setting in the front row of the concert.