Audio demo: The Sound of Silence? (VIDEO)

Johns Hopkins University

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In this experiment, Johns Hopkins University researchers substituted silences for sounds in a well-known auditory illusion. The idea was to see if people's brains treat silences the same way they treat sounds.

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Johns Hopkins University

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