These 3D sound illusions will hack your brain (again)

Wear headphones or earphones and close your eyes!
This is how 3D audio works / how your ears work.

The visuals were created with TouchDesigner and osci-render

• [00:01] - Introduction to Brain Manipulation: An overview of how sound is subjective and how the brain can be easily manipulated by blind spots in perception.
• [01:04] - The McGurk Effect Test: A demonstration of how visual information (watching someone's mouth) can change the word you believe you are hearing.
• [02:11] - The Reticular Activating System (RAS): An explanation of the "filter" in the brain stem that determines which information reaches your conscious mind based on personal interests and insecurities.
• [03:49] - Conformity Bias Test: A 3D audio challenge where listeners are asked to identify the direction of a sound, illustrating how easily people can be influenced by the reported experiences of others.
• [05:27] - The Phantom Word Effect: A test using repetitive audio loops to show how the brain attempts to find meaningful words or phrases in random sounds.
• [06:29] - Priming and Choice: A demonstration of how subtle visual and audio cues throughout a video can "prime" a viewer to make a specific choice (in this case, a color).
• [07:26] - Classical Conditioning: A final experiment showing how repeated pairings of a specific sound (a click) with a physical sensation can create a physiological response.