An auditory illusion is an illusion of hearing (sense), the sound equivalent of an optical illusion: the listener hears either sounds which are not present in the stimulus, or "impossible" sounds. In short, audio illusions highlight areas where the human ear and brain, as organic, makeshift tools, differ from perfect audio receptors (for better or for worse).
Optical illusionAn optical illusion is any illusion that deceives the human visual system into perceiving something that is not present or incorrectly perceiving what is present. There are physiological illusions and cognitive illusions. Optical illusions can naturally h
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Demonstrations of various auditory illusions atKyushu Institute of DesignKyushu Institute of Design (; Kyushu Geijutsu Koka Daigaku, KID) in Fukuoka, Japan is one of Japan's prestigious national universities and was founded in April, 1968. The university combines the disciplines of engineering, architecture and acoustics with
