How sound becomes hearing
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The Scale Illusion
The scale illusion consists of two tone sequences, one in each ear. Diana started wondering whether she could design other allusions to learn more the brains internal machinery. If you're listening on headphones, you're probably hearing all the high notes on one side and all the low notes on the other - even though those notes are actually jumping from left to right. That's your brain editing the sounds, it separating them to reflect the way the world usually is.
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