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Making Sense: How sound becomes hearing

2022/3/2
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Diana Deutsch's journey from a failed page turner to a renowned researcher in the psychology of music, focusing on auditory illusions and how our brains perceive sounds.

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In the same way optical illusions trick our eyes, audio illusions can trick our ears. This raises a fundamental question: What is hearing, and how much of it is made up by our brains?

This is the first episode of our new six-part series, Making Sense).

You can find more of Diana Deutsch’s auditory illusions at https://bit.ly/3Mdh6H4), Matthew Winn's research at http://www.mattwinn.com/Research.html), and Mike Chorost's writing at https://michaelchorost.com)

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