Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] What word do you hear? From: Jackson Graves <grave276@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 23 May 2018 15:36:27 +0200 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--0000000000003b0f17056cdf9ffe Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi everyone, Thanks much for the fascinating and helpful discussion and links on this, here and in the Slack forum. Daniel Pressnitzer, Paul Egr=C3=A9, and I at t= he ENS in Paris have created a quick 5-minute online experiment about this phenomenon, and we're trying to get as many responses as possible. We'd be very grateful to anyone who could help us out by participating and/or spreading the link around: https://cognitionens.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3ydZSkVnrRwPhT7 Thanks! Jackson Graves 2018-05-17 7:16 GMT+02:00 Megan Kittleson <mkittles@xxxxxxxx>: > Hi Everyone, > > Anyone interested in discussing this in more depth? This topic is > receiving a lot of media coverage and is still considered "breaking news"= . > > https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/16/ > 611701171/yanny-or-laurel-why-people-hear-different-things- > in-that-viral-clip > > https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/yanny-vs-laurel- > spotlights-our-brains-desire-for-filling-in-the-gaps > > I created a Slack forum. Anyone interested can join the discussion using > the following link: > > https://join.slack.com/t/yannyvslaurel/shared_invite/ > enQtMzY0ODAwMDMyMzM3LWI4YTA5MGM2ZTYwZjgyMTYwZmRmZmJjZWU1ZTM4 > NzM2MjA0NGJlYzQ3MTZiMjJlYjgwYjYxYjgyYzAwMzRjZDQ > > Thanks, > > > > On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 6:36 AM, Patel, Aniruddh D. <a.patel@xxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >> Dear List, >> >> >> >> Many thanks to those who responded to my query about consonance and >> dissonance ratings. >> >> >> On a different topic, the note below is from a colleague in my departmen= t >> (Ari Goldberg, a psycholinguist). I thought it might interest you. Fe= el >> free to enter what word you hear on the Google spreadsheet he provides. >> Any thoughts on what=E2=80=99s going on here are most welcome. >> >> Ani Patel >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* Goldberg, Ariel M >> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 15, 2018 8:45 PM >> >> Hi Everyone, >> >> >> >> There=E2=80=99s a new thing going around the internet that=E2=80=99s sor= t of like the >> blue/white/gold dress from a few year=E2=80=99s back except it=E2=80=99s= auditory. >> >> >> >> If you have a moment, could you click on this link and think about what >> you hear? >> >> >> >> https://twitter.com/CloeCouture/status/996218489831473152?s=3D20 >> >> >> >> Then please go to the link below and write down what you heard. >> >> >> >> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12yUVvSxKnaq98y8Z23hm >> eTCnixnFk8y6pnj8BSoEMkE >> >> I have no idea why people might hear different things for this word but >> it could be helpful to know what you all hear. >> >> >> >> Btw, here=E2=80=99s an article about it if you=E2=80=99re interested (th= ough I=E2=80=99m afraid >> it doesn=E2=80=99t really explain it): >> >> https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/05/15/science/yanny-laurel. >> html?action=3Dclick&module=3DIn%20Other%20News&pgtype=3D >> Homepage&action=3Dclick&module=3DLatest&pgtype=3DHomepage >> >> >> >> >> > > --0000000000003b0f17056cdf9ffe Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div style=3D"color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-s= erif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-= variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;= text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;bac= kground-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoratio= n-color:initial">Hi everyone,</div><div style=3D"color:rgb(34,34,34);font-f= amily:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-liga= tures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal= ;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;wo= rd-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:init= ial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style=3D"color:rgb(34,34,= 34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-va= riant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spac= ing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space= :normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-= style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Thanks much for the fascinatin= g and helpful discussion and links on this, here and in the Slack forum. Da= niel Pressnitzer, Paul Egr=C3=A9, and I at the ENS in Paris have created a = quick 5-minute online experiment about this phenomenon, and we're tryin= g to get as many responses as possible. We'd be very grateful to anyone= who could help us out by participating and/or spreading the link around:</= div><div style=3D"color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-siz= e:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:= normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0= px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color= :rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initi= al"><br></div><div style=3D"color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-seri= f;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-var= iant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;tex= t-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;backgr= ound-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-c= olor:initial"><a href=3D"https://cognitionens.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_= 3ydZSkVnrRwPhT7" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://c= ognitionens.eu.<wbr>qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_<wbr>3ydZSkVnrRwPhT7</a></div= ><div style=3D"color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:1= 2.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:nor= mal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;= text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rg= b(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"= ><br></div><div style=3D"color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;f= ont-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-varian= t-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-i= ndent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;backgroun= d-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-colo= r:initial">Thanks!</div><div style=3D"color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial= ,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:norma= l;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align= :start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:= 0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-de= coration-color:initial">Jackson Graves</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_extra">= <br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">2018-05-17 7:16 GMT+02:00 Megan Kittleson <s= pan dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:mkittles@xxxxxxxx" target=3D"_blank"= >mkittles@xxxxxxxx</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" st= yle=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div = dir=3D"ltr">Hi Everyone,<div><br></div><div>Anyone interested in discussing= this in more depth? This topic is receiving a lot of media coverage and is= still considered "breaking news".=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div= ><a href=3D"https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/16/611701171/ya= nny-or-laurel-why-people-hear-different-things-in-that-viral-clip" target= =3D"_blank">https://www.npr.org/sections/<wbr>thetwo-way/2018/05/16/<wbr>61= 1701171/yanny-or-laurel-why-<wbr>people-hear-different-things-<wbr>in-that-= viral-clip</a><span class=3D"m_1563601665319138157sewr782fmtd52sm"></span><= span class=3D"m_1563601665319138157sewlpis5r6phiws"></span><br></div><div><= br></div><div><a href=3D"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/yanny-vs-laurel-= spotlights-our-brains-desire-for-filling-in-the-gaps" target=3D"_blank">htt= ps://www.pbs.org/newshour/<wbr>show/yanny-vs-laurel-<wbr>spotlights-our-bra= ins-desire-<wbr>for-filling-in-the-gaps</a><span class=3D"m_156360166531913= 8157sewr782fmtd52sm"></span><span class=3D"m_1563601665319138157sewlpis5r6p= hiws"></span><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>I created a Slack forum. An= yone interested can join the discussion using the following link:</div><div= ><br></div><div><a href=3D"https://join.slack.com/t/yannyvslaurel/shared_in= vite/enQtMzY0ODAwMDMyMzM3LWI4YTA5MGM2ZTYwZjgyMTYwZmRmZmJjZWU1ZTM4NzM2MjA0NG= JlYzQ3MTZiMjJlYjgwYjYxYjgyYzAwMzRjZDQ" target=3D"_blank">https://join.slack= .com/t/<wbr>yannyvslaurel/shared_invite/<wbr>enQtMzY0ODAwMDMyMzM3LWI4YTA5MG= <wbr>M2ZTYwZjgyMTYwZmRmZmJjZWU1ZTM4<wbr>NzM2MjA0NGJlYzQ3MTZiMjJlYjgwYj<wbr>= YxYjgyYzAwMzRjZDQ</a><span class=3D"m_1563601665319138157sewr782fmtd52sm"><= /span><span class=3D"m_1563601665319138157sewlpis5r6phiws"></span></div></d= iv><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><di= v class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div cl= ass=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 6:36 AM, Patel, Aniruddh D. <sp= an dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:a.patel@xxxxxxxx" target=3D"_blank">a= .patel@xxxxxxxx</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote"= style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div lang=3D"EN-US" link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple"> <div class=3D"m_1563601665319138157m_299301619744268511WordSection1"> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Dear List,<u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Many thanks to those who responded to= my query about consonance and dissonance ratings.<u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><br> On a different topic, the note below is from a colleague in my department (= Ari Goldberg, a psycholinguist).=C2=A0 I thought it might interest you.=C2= =A0=C2=A0 Feel free to enter what word you hear on=C2=A0 the Google spreads= heet he provides. Any thoughts on what=E2=80=99s going on here are most welcome.<br> <br> Ani Patel<u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></span></p> <div> <div style=3D"border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in = 0in 0in"> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"= ;Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;= font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Goldberg, Ariel M<br> <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 15, 2018 8:45 PM<br> <br> <span style=3D"color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p> </div> </div> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:13.5pt">Hi Everyone,</span>= <u></u><u></u></p> <div> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p> </div> <div> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:13.5pt;color:#1f497d">T</sp= an><span style=3D"font-size:13.5pt">here=E2=80=99s a new thing going around= the internet that=E2=80=99s sort of like the blue/white/gold dress from a = few year=E2=80=99s back except it=E2=80=99s auditory.=C2=A0</span><u></u><u= ></u></p> </div> <div> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p> </div> <div> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:13.5pt">If you have a momen= t, could you click on this link and think about what you hear?=C2=A0</span>= <u></u><u></u></p> </div> <div> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p> </div> <div> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:13.5pt;background:white"><a= href=3D"https://twitter.com/CloeCouture/status/996218489831473152?s=3D20" = target=3D"_blank">https://twitter.com/CloeCoutur<wbr>e/status/9962184898314= 73152?s=3D<wbr>20</a></span><u></u><u></u></p> </div> <div> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:12.0pt"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u><= /p> </div> <div> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:13.5pt;background:white">Th= en please go to the link below and write down what you heard.</span><u></u>= <u></u></p> </div> <div> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p> </div> <div> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:13.5pt"><a href=3D"https://= docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12yUVvSxKnaq98y8Z23hmeTCnixnFk8y6pnj8BSoEMkE= " target=3D"_blank">https://docs.google.com/spread<wbr>sheets/d/12yUVvSxKna= q98y8Z23hm<wbr>eTCnixnFk8y6pnj8BSoEMkE</a><br> <br> I have no idea why people might hear different things for this word but it = could be helpful to know what you all hear.</span><u></u><u></u></p> </div> <div> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p> <div> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:13.5pt">Btw, here=E2=80=99s= an article about it if you=E2=80=99re interested (though I=E2=80=99m afrai= d it doesn=E2=80=99t really explain it):</span><u></u><u></u></p> </div> <div> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><a href=3D"https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/05/15/sci= ence/yanny-laurel.html?action=3Dclick&module=3DIn%20Other%20News&pg= type=3DHomepage&action=3Dclick&module=3DLatest&pgtype=3DHomepag= e" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:13.5pt">https://mobile.nytime= s.com/201<wbr>8/05/15/science/yanny-laurel.<wbr>html?action=3Dclick&mod= ule=3DIn%<wbr>20Other%20News&pgtype=3D<wbr>Homepage&action=3Dclick&= amp;module=3D<wbr>Latest&pgtype=3DHomepage</span></a><u></u><u></u></p> </div> <div> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p> </div> <div> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </blockquote></div><br></div> </div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div> --0000000000003b0f17056cdf9ffe--