CAN YOU TELL when you’ve suddenly and accidentally broken into song? When you say, “I don’t know,” does it sound like a melody that you can hum? Why does a spoken word, when repeated over and over, ...

Sam Schwarzkopf received internal funding to pay research participants for their time. University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau provides funding as a member of The Conversation NZ. University of ...

If you’re looking for some unexplainable anxiety, look no further than this TikTok showcasing the Shepard Illusion.Michael McBride is a content creator who runs the TikTok account idea.soup, which has ...

Silence might not be deafening but it’s something that literally can be heard, concludes a team of philosophers and psychologists who used auditory illusions to reveal how moments of silence distort ...

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