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Why You Hear a Syllable Nobody Said

Why You Hear a Syllable Nobody SaidWhen film of lips saying ga is dubbed with audio ba, many adults hear da instead. The reverse often yields a mix, not one clean fuse. Fusion is strong in groups yet ranges from never to always across people, tracks fine lipreading skill, and fits a wider picture: natural mouth motion already leads the voice, and visual speech can change activity in auditory co…

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