das macdonald - mcgurk - experiment

[whobyhisladyscommand]

constantly "ba-ba".. does that mean that my ears are too good? or maybe my eyes are too bad.. or - oh my god! - maybe my brain doesn't function properly!

[oxfordpictionary]

this video works better than some of the others out there. the key is keeping the mouth open a bit, the way you would if you were actually articulating 'ga, ga, ga.' when the mouth is closed between, it starts to look more like 'ba,' and the effect is reduced. i just think it's funny if you happen to blink for the first sound, and then you hear ba, then you open your eyes and you're really confused....

[Wolkeyfentah]

Weird this one sounds like he is saying dba dba dba dba dba, like, the sounds are overlapping! Eyes closed it is ba ba ba ba ba clear as a bell.

[86isaac]

I find that it works better when I concentrate on the mouth of the speaker. Just watching his face doesn't seem to do it for me.

[elzo2706]

what are you palking adout ibs totally bifferent!

[jakelikepiedc3]

i hear the same thing

[rhebadnil]

It works but I hate the black screens. It makes it so annoying

[Bekll]

"Ba" every time both times. Why doesn't the illusion work for me?

[41sttry]

there seems to be a problem with my version. arnte's video obviously works better. i'm working on it.

[BUnitLives]

It worked for me. I think it was one of the better one's I've seen actually.

[naa82]

It doesn't work for everybody. For American adults though, about 98% get it.

[altiris]

I have the same... maybe our brain doesn't mix the two different stimuli or we have one that primes the other.... I have the same question, will post it on my study board (studying this right now) and see if anyone else has the same ^__^

p.s. they always take nice guys for the experiment.. ;-) kewl!!!!

[Bekll]

Maybe. It could be our brains perceive differently from the norm for some reason.

[41sttry]

Well maybe you are part of the two percent. I think it is also training, sounddesigners for example seem not to mix image and sound so much as other people. Besides, recently i produced a new version with the first sound replaced with one that fits better, so maybe its that first sound that make people fall out of the frame.

[altiris]

I'd be curious to see the new experiment if you have it online

[41sttry]

have uploaded it now watch?v=1Al3q2Y9riY