Claire. Posted February 20, 2017 #1 Share Posted February 20, 2017 When your eyes override your ears: New insights into the McGurk effect. Seeing is not always believing -- visual speech (mouth movements) mismatched with auditory speech (sounds) can result in the perception of an entirely different message. This mysterious illusion is known as the McGurk effect. In new research, published in PLOS Computational Biology, neuroscience researchers have created an algorithm to reveal key insight into why the brain can sometimes muddle up one of the most fundamental aspects of the human experience. The findings will be useful in understanding patients with speech perception deficits and in building computers able to understand auditory and visual speech. Read more: ScienceDaily 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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