DeVerm;339442 Wrote: > Discussions on this forum often end in one group claiming that they hear > stuff like "air", "seperation measured in inches" etc. and another group > that claims it's imagined.... > > The NewScientist published a good story about this, titled "The > illusion of music" and you can read it here: > http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/brain/mg19726441.500-music-special-the-illusion-of-music.html > > A section is about the top-5 musical illusions so you can actually > listen to the examples given! Another section is about amusia which I > found very amusing to read. Test yourself (on-line listening test) with > the University of Newcastle here: > http://www.delosis.com/listening/home.html > > Anyway, the conclusion in the research done is that music that we think > we hear is in fact an illusion! Our brain dissects it into a very > complex mix of tiny pieces like timbre, harmony etc. after which it is > totally unrecognizable as "a song". Next step is linking the data with > our memory like do we recognize any of these tiny pieces... if so, > expectations are combined; next we use other senses like how people > listening around us react to the music and that's also included into > the end-result we percieve as just hearing music. > > Amusia actually proves that we don't hear the sound that enters our > ears but a brain-processed result of which that sound-input is only a > part. > > Also, the article proves that Pink Floyd rulez ;-) > > Good luck with the test... > Nick.
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