Rui Zhe Goh
Doctoral student (psychology and philosophy) at Johns Hopkins University who studies auditory perception and created experiments showing people can 'hear' silence via auditory illusions.
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Nov 10, 2025 • 32min
The Sound Barrier #3: What does silence sound like?
Rui Zhe Goh, a doctoral student at Johns Hopkins University, dives into the curious relationship between silence and our psyche. He discusses a shocking study where participants preferred pain over the discomfort of silence. Rui explores auditory illusions, revealing how our brains process silence like sound. He shares his experience in an anechoic chamber, where extreme quiet amplifies internal sounds. The conversation invites us to rethink silence, showing it can be a profound, rich experience rather than mere emptiness.
Aug 28, 2023 • 11min
What illusions tell us about silence
Ian Phillips, Rui Zhe Goh, and Chaz Firestone explore how people perceive silence through auditory illusions, challenging traditional views on hearing. The podcast discusses the 'one silence is more' illusion, the illusion of silence impacting time perception, and the concept of event-based warping. It also covers the silence-based warping illusion and oddball silence illusion, and how the perception of silence is influenced by context.
