a moment ago we played a series of tones
close your eyes and take another listen
you
are you still hearing the notes
continuously rising how is that possible
keep watching we’ll back up a little and
show you where the sequence repeats
in case you still can’t hear the
sequence of 12 notes repeating will
speed it up
we bet you’re hearing it Luke now so
what’s going on here this is called the
Shepard tone Stanford psychologist Roger
Shepard discovered this phenomenon in
1964 each tone you’re hearing is
comprised of multiple notes of the same
key being played simultaneously at
different volumes this illusion
overwhelms your perceptual system so
your brain chooses the simplest
interpretation based on your past
experience with music logically it
assumes the notes will keep rising even
if they don’t and the fact that your
brain makes incorrect assumptions like
these is exactly what illusionist like
Eric Leclerc count on as you’re about to
see in this next game
here’s a quick logic test for you how
would I get this pair inside this bottle
without breaking or manipulating the
bottle or the pair in any way so that it
would look like this any ideas what do
you think this is a tricky one I know
they can’t fit it in is that a real pair
it’s a real pair inside a real bottle
does it involve heat it does not involve
he was it put in there I don’t uh yep it
was you flattened it and stuck it in
there did you rehydrate the pair I don’t
know what that means okay
did you put another bottle now that
doesn’t make any sense mm I’m not sure
no was it sheer brute strength till
these guns any idea yet the only muscle
you need to flex is your brain ready to
find out if your guess is correct so do
you think the pairs always been this
size no wait a minute
see pairs are big they grow bigger
it’ll grow inside that water oh you got
it Kaneesha that’s it so the para has
actually grown inside the bottle did you
think of that it’s the only logical
answer are you being serious I’m using a
hydrating the pairs of better answers
the step-by-step process of
problem-solving is monitored by a part
of the brain called the anterior
cingulate cortex or the ACC you can
think of the ACC is the control center
of logic it coordinates all the
information stored in your memory to
think of creative solutions to puzzles
just like this one even if you figured
out the logical solution to the pair in
the bottle these next two might be a
little tougher
close your eyes and take another listen
you
are you still hearing the notes
continuously rising how is that possible
keep watching we’ll back up a little and
show you where the sequence repeats
in case you still can’t hear the
sequence of 12 notes repeating will
speed it up
we bet you’re hearing it Luke now so
what’s going on here this is called the
Shepard tone Stanford psychologist Roger
Shepard discovered this phenomenon in
1964 each tone you’re hearing is
comprised of multiple notes of the same
key being played simultaneously at
different volumes this illusion
overwhelms your perceptual system so
your brain chooses the simplest
interpretation based on your past
experience with music logically it
assumes the notes will keep rising even
if they don’t and the fact that your
brain makes incorrect assumptions like
these is exactly what illusionist like
Eric Leclerc count on as you’re about to
see in this next game
here’s a quick logic test for you how
would I get this pair inside this bottle
without breaking or manipulating the
bottle or the pair in any way so that it
would look like this any ideas what do
you think this is a tricky one I know
they can’t fit it in is that a real pair
it’s a real pair inside a real bottle
does it involve heat it does not involve
he was it put in there I don’t uh yep it
was you flattened it and stuck it in
there did you rehydrate the pair I don’t
know what that means okay
did you put another bottle now that
doesn’t make any sense mm I’m not sure
no was it sheer brute strength till
these guns any idea yet the only muscle
you need to flex is your brain ready to
find out if your guess is correct so do
you think the pairs always been this
size no wait a minute
see pairs are big they grow bigger
it’ll grow inside that water oh you got
it Kaneesha that’s it so the para has
actually grown inside the bottle did you
think of that it’s the only logical
answer are you being serious I’m using a
hydrating the pairs of better answers
the step-by-step process of
problem-solving is monitored by a part
of the brain called the anterior
cingulate cortex or the ACC you can
think of the ACC is the control center
of logic it coordinates all the
information stored in your memory to
think of creative solutions to puzzles
just like this one even if you figured
out the logical solution to the pair in
the bottle these next two might be a
little tougher
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