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Auditory illusion

An auditory illusion based on a keyboard. turn your volume down as this one's quite loud!

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http://littleshop.physics.colostate.edu/onlineexperiments/Auditory_Illusion.html

Five great auditory illusions

Fool your brain with these five auditory illusions from New Scientist, complete with explanations.

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www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/dn13355-music-special-five-great-auditory-illusions-.html

Spirals illusion

Rotating spirals optical illusion and links to others

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http://dogfeathers.com/java/spirals.html

Can you find the highest note?

On line exhibition of auditory (sound) illusions - requires shockwave.

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http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/highest_note/

Acoustic Illusion

Anechoic chamber designed with boxes and straws

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http://www.amasci.com/freenrg/audhole.html

Deutsch's musical illusions and paradoxes

Descriptions and examples of a number of auditory illusions discovered by psychologist Diana Deutsch.

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http://deutsch.ucsd.edu/psychology/deutsch_research1.php

Disappearing Act

Certain patterns confuse your eyes and brain, causing you to misjudge the size of a circle, or the length of a line. This site contains a shockwave demonstrations of an optical illusion.

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http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/disappearing_act/shock_dis_act.html