The Shepard Tone audio illusion
Duration: 05:59
Dr Yan and music expert Dr Robert Samuels listen carefully to a strange sound illusion called the Shepard Tone, and find out why it makes us all hear things that aren't happening.
Available since: Mon 18 Apr 2011
Credits
- Presenter
- Yan Wong
- Expert
- Robert Samuels
- Musician
- Deborah Mairs
- Producer
- Illy Woolfson
- Post-Production editor
- Tim Hansen
- Series Editor
- Dermot Caulfield
This clip is from
Bang Goes the Theory Series 4, Episode 6
6/8 Liz looks at the controversial science of genetically modified crops in Hawaii.
First broadcast: 18 Apr 2011
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