I think there is another element: the power of suggestion. The green needle/brainstorm thing shows how we can flip between the two states, and I think as I said earlier, I experienced a temporary flip from Yanny to Laurel that lasted a few seconds. I suspect that some people are more stubborn than me, and stick to whatever they first heard the word as - in spite of attempts to persuade them otherwise!Hi, this is my first post on ASR.
I find the Yanny/Laurel thing to be shocking and fascinating. I always clearly hear it as Laurel on various audio systems, whereas my wife always clearly hears it as Yanny on the same audio systems. I understand that the split is roughly half and half in the general population, with some people being on the borderline of hearing it as Yanny or Laurel, often influenced by the audio system. Since no one seems to mix these words up in normal live speech, the split in how people hear it from an audio clip seems to support the idea that perceptions of music, and the effects on perception of objective differences in audio systems, could vary considerably across individuals.
I think there is another element: the power of suggestion. The green needle/brainstorm thing shows how we can flip between the two states, and I think as I said earlier, I experienced a temporary flip from Yanny to Laurel that lasted a few seconds. I suspect that some people are more stubborn than me, and stick to whatever they first heard the word as - in spite of attempts to persuade them otherwise!
Ok, as most of you managed to get with the previous samples it is time for a final question: is it "I'm a paper chaser" or "I'm a big fuckin slut"?
The brain also processes music very differently to speech. The are several brain disorders/injuries which has affected speech ability and recognition but not music/singing. The researchers are yet to get a full understanding yet
My understanding (not an expert) is that there's substantial overlap in brain processing of speech and music, but also significant differences.
I went back to the NY Times slider version last night, and found that I had to go farther right than before to hear Yanny on the same iphone, so that's an example of how it can change for the same person. My wife continues to hear Yanny even when the slider is all way to the left (Laurel) side.
My hypothesis is that the sound signal contains the information content needed to interpret it as both Laurel and Yanny, but one of the two will dominate and mask the other for each listener, unless the information content is near a tipping point for a given listener, in which case the listener can toggle back and forth between the two interpretations.
I'm married for more than 20 years, so I know perfectly well you can't simply tell your wife she doesn't hear well. In that context the explanation you just provided, while may not be accurate at all from neuroscience point of view, is nevertheless a very wise move!
We've also been married more than 20 years. Though we usually insist the other has it wrong, rather than agreeing that there are two valid interpretations, we somehow remain happily married!
I was just kidding.
Can you explain how to take the test, even with google translate I was lost as to what i was meant to be doing.A few years ago there was a similar test that got quite some attention in audio forums: overtone or fundamental hearing.
https://www.musicandbrain.de/kurztest.html
This test (unfortunately only in German, the promised English translation doesn't seem to exist) takes about 1 min.