Do you have any habits that pertain to the McGurk effect?
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January 29th, 2011
“If you’d push the hair out of your eyes, you could hear me
better” makes perfect sense. It belongs with the saying, “I can’t
hear you, I haven’t got my glasses on.” The reason is that many of us unconsciously pick up information from watching the speaker, not always as obviously as lip reading.
The MCGURK EFFECT is named after Harry McGurk, a
developmental psychologist at the University of Surrey; examples
are on record from 1973.
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I wouldn’t know – as I understand the McGurk effect, the ‘habits’ are a function of perception, learned or innate.
Can you provide an example that might help me answer the question better?
@BarnacleBill – I know what the McGurk effect is. I as asking for an example because in my understanding, it is not possible to have McGurk Effect ‘habits’ – it is a perceptual issue, rather than an issue of thought or behaviour patterns.
It sure seems to me that “I can’t hear myself think” qualifies.
I often have difficulty hearing people when I don’t have my glasses on, especially if I am dealing with a stranger. Does that count?
If I am searching for an address while I’m driving I have to turn the radio down when I begin searching house numbers.
How about when I step on someone else’s toe and I say “ouch”? Does that count?
When my ears are stuffed up, I feel like I can’t see very well, either. It’s like I’m in a bubble or something. :/ Similarly, I find it really helpful to look at someone or something I’m trying to hear… it seems more like a matter of attention, or facing my ears toward a sound. Of course, it might also be related to lip-reading, at least when it comes to people speaking.
Great examples guys: I, too, turn the radio off when thinking about how to get somewhere – yet can read and listen to music without any problem. I like the ouch when stepping on someone else’s toes. I also play with my glasses even when I don’t need them to read – taking them out and holding them seems to help – for some strange reason.
Though I understand what you mean, @the100thmonkey – as you can see from the examples the jellies have given – they understood what I (a layperson) meant.
After stumbling over my words, I’ll say: “I got my tongue tied around my eye teeth, so I couldn’t see what I was saying”
Stumbling over my words is classic… eye teeth is also great. :-)
Apart from @bea2345‘s response, none of the answers relate to the McGurk effect.
Perhaps I should get my toes checked.
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