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> The disbelief came when it was time to listen to singular > words. With the screen turned off, I got 0%. With the > screen turned on, I got 8%. That’s crazy!

It's really amazing how pervasive (putatively Bayesian) multisensory integration of information is in the brain. Even individuals without impaired hearing have their auditory perceptions strongly a affected by other inputs. The McGurk effect is a great example of this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGurk_effect http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-lN8vWm3m0




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