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Can you hear this silent GIF?
Edvard:
Look at this GIF. There’s no sound, but most people who see it hear a “thudding” in their head each time the bouncing structure hits the ground. Why?
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This illusion is an example of synesthesia, or when the senses — like hearing and sight — get crossed in the brain, he explained in an email to The Verge.
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https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/4/16733778/noisy-gif-hearing-movement-auditory-neuroscience-synesthesia
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4wd:
Nope.
A more important question is: Can you hear it if you're deaf?
wraith808:
Nope also. I saw the tower fall and the visual cues- but not aurally.
tomos:
I didnt hear it either -- but did somehow sense the thump, like I were standing there and could feel the movement in my body.
Carol Haynes:
Yes :tellme: :tellme:
Oddly I could still hear it when I closed the page - does this make me weird?
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