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		ilyt on Aug 12, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Auditory illusions with examples from Daft Punk This is a better demonstration of octave illusion, I had no clue wtf the article meant until I listened to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMMsK9rjBWo But I heard the lower tone in the middle of my head and higher tone bouncing from left to right. Not the "low on one side, high on the other side" article mentioned. Kinda interesting to think some people might hear completely different thing in same song...

x3n0ph3n3 on Aug 13, 2023 [–]

Thanks for sharing this. Oddly enough, I don't hear the illusion at all and it seemed very clear to me that they were alternating sides.

yencabulator on Aug 13, 2023 | [–]

Left-handed or more ambidextrous? The illusion doesn't work as well on us freaks.

x3n0ph3n3 on Aug 13, 2023 | | [–]

Neither, actually!

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