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new research discovers how our ears play tricks on us

  • Written by Sam Schwarzkopf, Associate Professor of Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Inspired by owls and their amazing ability to find their prey by hearing alone, my team decided to test how good humans are at discerning sounds.

We were surprised to find just how bad we are. As our research shows, our hearing is fooled in dramatic ways.

Our experiment was simple. We tapped two metal spoons together in different...

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