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A BBC Horizon clip demonstrating the McGurk effect, where the same audio sounds like different syllables depending on the mouth movements you see. It shows that people integrate visual speech information into what they hear.
Why HN recommends it: HN uses it as the standard demonstration that the brain reinterprets perception, in threads on speech, AI audio and illusions.
“The most compelling illustration I've seen of this is the McGurk Affect[1].” Read on HN ↗