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, ...

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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An auditory illusion driving social media insane has a surprisingly simple solution — but that certainly doesn’t make it any less entertaining. The clip, which is currently blowing up on TikTok, asks ...

Your brain is playing tricks on you. Yanny or Laurel? Most of us remember the great "Yanny or Laurel" debate from 2018, which went viral and took over the internet. Hundreds of people spoke their ...