Our brain and eyes can play tricks on us—not least when it comes to the expanding hole illusion. A new computational model ...

This auditory illusion is called a binaural beat. For example, if a person hears a tone of 405 Hz in one ear and a tone of 415 Hz in the other, they would be hearing a binaural beat with a ...

Using the “McGurk illusion,” in Experiment 1 we found that audio-visual integration ... The “other” category included words which were, for example, similar in phonetics to the auditory word but could ...

In section 3, we discuss the datasets used in this contribution to study different auditory attention identification methods. The practical implementation of the discussed algorithms is the topic of ...

For example, if we tilt our heads up to look ... Thus, much as the ventriloquist manipulates visual input to generate an auditory illusion, Merfeld and colleagues manipulate the vestibular canal ...

Optical illusions have been intriguing to scientists and psychologists since ancient times. While it may seem fun just to be perplexed, optical illusions tell us a lot about the way our brains ...

Researchers are investigating how the brain combines visual and auditory cues to improve speech comprehension in noisy environments. The study focuses on how visual information, like lip movements, ...

The auditory system is the sensory system for hearing. It consists of the outer ear (the auricle and auditory canal), the middle ear (the tympanic membrane, malleus, incus and stapes), the inner ...

A captivating optical illusion tests your observation skills. Initially, the image shows just one man on a secluded beach, but there's a hidden second man to discover. Try some other tips that ...

A brain teaser puzzled users as they struggled to spot a hidden number in a tricky illusion.