Search results
May 16, 2018 · Yanny vs Laurel is a computer-generated voice that has become perhaps the most divisive subject on the internet since the gold/blue dress of 2015. It's one word, but is it Yanny or Laurel?...
May 16, 2018 · The internet erupted in disagreement on Tuesday over an audio clip in which the name being said depends on the listener. Some hear “Laurel.” Others hear “Yanny.”
May 16, 2018 · Why you hear “Laurel” or “Yanny” in that viral audio clip, explained. It comes down to how our brains pick up on, and interpret, different frequencies.
May 16, 2018 · A viral audio clip has everyone asking each other: “Yanny” or “Laurel”? And while the clip is launching many debates, its backstory is actually quite simple.
Yanny or Laurel is an auditory illusion that became popular in May 2018, in which a short audio recording of speech can be heard as one of two words. 53 percent of over 500,000 respondents to a Twitter poll reported hearing a man saying the word "Laurel", while 47 percent of people reported hearing a voice saying the name "Yanny".
May 15, 2018 · This audio illusion, which went viral after first appearing on Reddit, has the internet torn. After all, what kind of monster doesn’t hear Yanny? When Verge Science listened to it this morning,...
May 15, 2018 · By manipulating audio and changing the pitch of the voice, we upstanding citizens who hear “Laurel” can, for brief seconds, hear what the world sounds like through the ears of a maniac.
May 16, 2018 · The viral audio clip — which some listeners interpret as a deep male voice saying, “Yanny,” and others hear as a higher-pitched voiced saying, “Laurel” — popped up on Reddit this week ...
May 15, 2018 · May 15, 2018. • 5 min read. I heard “laurel.” But my coworker heard “yanny.” Welcome to “the dress” debate of 2018. If you were on Twitter today, you also likely heard the viral four-second...
May 16, 2018 · We consulted experts on how human brains perceive sound. The poor quality of the audio file can be blamed for the different ways our brains perceive it. What we expect to hear also matters.
