McGurk effect

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The McGurk effect shows how hearing and vision are used for speech perception. It tells us that we do not only hear one's speech with our ears, but our other senses too.

It may be experienced when watching a video of a person saying /ga/ with a sound-recording saying /ba/; yet a third, intermediate sound is heard: /da/.

The McGurk effect is robust: that is, it still works even if you know it. This is different from certain optical illusions, which do not work anymore once you can see it.

The McGurk effect is named after its discoverer, Harry McGurk.

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