Can you hear this silent gif bouncing? Here’s why
Look at this GIF. There’s no sound, but most people who see it hear a “thudding” in their head each time the bouncing structure hits the ground. Why?
Does anyone in visual perception know why you can hear this gif? pic.twitter.com/mcT22Lzfkp
— Lisa DeBruine ️ (@lisadebruine) December 2, 2017
The answer has to do with how our senses work, says Christopher Fassnidge, a doctoral candidate in psychology at City University London. This illusion is an example of synesthesia, or when the senses — like hearing and sight — get crossed in the brain, he explained in an email to The Verge.
Going through the world, at every moment we are surrounded by movements that are logically…
