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Do You Hear "Green Needle" or "Brainstorm"? (SOLVED)

Get a free trial of Skillshare’s Premium Membership with this link: https://skl.sh/brew11201 Today we’re exploring interesting audio illusions that trick our brains into perceiving different things, and looking into why these mind tricks actually work. Does this toy say brainstorm, or green needle? Why do some people hear Yanny when it was actually Laurel? Let’s get into it! [The Dress] https://web.archive.org/web/20150227014959/http://swiked.tumblr.com/post/112073818575/guys-please-help-me-is-this-dress-white-and [Brainstorm or Green Needle?] https://youtu.be/nsk4yLHliGw https://www.tiktok.com/@emilysophie.m/video/6853473321019854085 [Yanny or Laurel?] https://twitter.com/CloeCouture/status/996218489831473152 https://bit.ly/33hEX3s https://youtu.be/7X_WvGAhMlQ https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/yanny-laurel-debate-explanation-real-answer_n_5afc7463e4b0779345d54ad9 [Shared Frequencies and Sound Perception] https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/15/17358136/yanny-laurel-the-dress-audio-illusion-frequency-sound-perception https://www.shrs.pitt.edu/people/bharath-chandrasekaran [High Frequency Hearing Loss] https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/sites/default/files/Content%20Images/presbycusis.pdf https://www.huffpost.com/entry/high-pitch-only-teens-can_n_98304 [The McGurk Effect] https://www.iflscience.com/brain/what-the-hell-is-going-on-in-this-tiktok-audio-illusion/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4091305/ https://youtu.be/jtsfidRq2tw https://youtu.be/G-lN8vWm3m0 [Why Visual Perception is Stronger?] https://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(05)00885-8 [Other Sources] https://youtu.be/YcRzwqQol0Y https://youtu.be/U9t-slLl30E https://youtu.be/vKQi3bBA1y8 https://youtu.be/5kb0lyFTao4 https://youtu.be/lMEnzui6Cm0 https://tenor.com/view/goofy-binoculars-5281952 https://youtu.be/QCJ_a5AYVEY https://youtu.be/m7z29_PohpY https://youtu.be/zwARbv8dXiA https://youtu.be/rk_qLtk0m2c https://youtu.be/PJlmYh27MHg https://youtu.be/SeGw5QyX8Qo https://youtu.be/w4NsjnL4ieA https://youtu.be/NOvBBqDkQbs https://youtu.be/ZPNsS09NGg0 https://youtu.be/OUWUeYwDYK8 [Brew’s intro song] Manhattan Twist by Avocado Junkie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Get a free trial of Skillshare’s Premium Membership with this link: https://skl.sh/brew11201

Today we’re exploring interesting audio illusions that trick our brains into perceiving different things, and looking into why these mind tricks actually work. Does this toy say brainstorm, or green needle? Why do some people hear Yanny when it was actually Laurel? Let’s get into it!

[The Dress]
https://web.archive.org/web/20150227014959/http://swiked.tumblr.com/post/112073818575/guys-please-help-me-is-this-dress-white-and

[Brainstorm or Green Needle?]
https://youtu.be/nsk4yLHliGw
https://www.tiktok.com/@emilysophie.m/video/6853473321019854085

[Yanny or Laurel?]
https://twitter.com/CloeCouture/status/996218489831473152
https://bit.ly/33hEX3s
https://youtu.be/7X_WvGAhMlQ
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/yanny-laurel-debate-explanation-real-answer_n_5afc7463e4b0779345d54ad9

[Shared Frequencies and Sound Perception]
https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/15/17358136/yanny-laurel-the-dress-audio-illusion-frequency-sound-perception
https://www.shrs.pitt.edu/people/bharath-chandrasekaran

[High Frequency Hearing Loss]
https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/sites/default/files/Content%20Images/presbycusis.pdf
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/high-pitch-only-teens-can_n_98304

[The McGurk Effect]
https://www.iflscience.com/brain/what-the-hell-is-going-on-in-this-tiktok-audio-illusion/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4091305/
https://youtu.be/jtsfidRq2tw
https://youtu.be/G-lN8vWm3m0

[Why Visual Perception is Stronger?]
https://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(05)00885-8

[Other Sources]
https://youtu.be/YcRzwqQol0Y
https://youtu.be/U9t-slLl30E
https://youtu.be/vKQi3bBA1y8
https://youtu.be/5kb0lyFTao4
https://youtu.be/lMEnzui6Cm0
https://tenor.com/view/goofy-binoculars-5281952
https://youtu.be/QCJ_a5AYVEY
https://youtu.be/m7z29_PohpY
https://youtu.be/zwARbv8dXiA
https://youtu.be/rk_qLtk0m2c
https://youtu.be/PJlmYh27MHg
https://youtu.be/SeGw5QyX8Qo
https://youtu.be/w4NsjnL4ieA
https://youtu.be/NOvBBqDkQbs
https://youtu.be/ZPNsS09NGg0
https://youtu.be/OUWUeYwDYK8

[Brew’s intro song]
Manhattan Twist by Avocado Junkie

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