Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscience·October 4, 2024·4 min readCan We Hear Magic? The Struggle to Create Auditory IllusionsA new study explores why magic tricks based solely on sound are rare, despite the many auditory illusions we encounter in everyday life. Researchers suggest that the difficulty lies in how the brain processes visual versus auditory information, with vision being more trusted.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscience·February 17, 2020·1 min readBinaural beats synchronize brain activity, don’t affect moodBinaural beats, a form of auditory illusion, caused far apart brain regions to synchronize with each other at a different frequency than the beat. The auditory illusion did not, however, alter mood.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·May 16, 2018·2 min readYanny or Laurel: The Blue Dress of 2018Researchers explain why some of us hear Yanny and some hear Laurel when we listen to the popular internet meme.Read More
