Cross-linguistic analysis of the McGurk effect (IMAGE)

Kumamoto University

Cross-linguistic analysis of the McGurk effect

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Kumamoto University researchers assessed the McGurk effect between native English and Japanese speakers and found a major difference: English speakers "listen with their eyes" and Japanese speakers use only their ears. Audio-video & audio-only tests were performed in the first two experiments, and an audio-video test was performed in the third experiment.

Follow the following links for more information.

http://www.nature.com/articles/srep31388
http://www.nature.com/articles/srep35265

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Dr. Kaoru Sekiyama

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