How to Listen to a High Tone Synthesized Tones Sequence

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Diana was one of the first people to generate synthesized tones using enormous main frame computers. You can actually hear exactly what diana heard back then, but only if you're listening on headphones. So if you have a pair around, now would be a good time to put em in.

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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