Sunday, May 6, 2007

McGurk-MacDonald

No, it's not the latest cucumber-based invention in the fast food industry, but a phenomenon pointing out how vision and hearing interact to interpret speech. I'd say it also demonstrates how dominant vision is over our other senses.

Take a look at this video, repeat with your eyes closed.

What is he really saying?

O.K.
(Listening to while posting: Iannis Xenakis - Metastasis)

7 comments:

LS said...

That is so weird - you hear it so clearly one way with your eyes open, and as soon as you close your eyes you hear a different thing!

Oh, that heart attack grill thing - ONLY IN AMERICA.... can you find things like that. Quadruple bypass burger please!!!

EH said...

Knepigt, (Crazy) but I´m like the 90 % who thought they heard DA...

O.K. said...

After you've eaten your quadruple bypass burger you'll be rolled out in a wheelchair from the grill at no extra charge... :D

LS said...

and while you are being rolled out in the wheel chair, you are happily saying BA BA DA DA BA GA....

LS said...

is this what is called DADAism?

O.K. said...

I just tested it on AnS, and she is among those 2% who actually hear "ba" even when they are looking at the video.

LS said...

Maybe her eyesight is not so good???? :)