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Yanny or Laurel? It's your brain not your ears that decides

  • Written by Jennell Vick, Assistant Professor of Communication Sciences, Case Western Reserve University
You heard it say what?Roman Stetsyk/Shutterstock.com

As a speech scientist, I never thought I’d see so much excitement on social media about one tiny little word.

The clip, which went viral after being posted on Reddit, is polarizing listeners who hear a computer voice say either “Laurel” or “Yanny.” @AlexWelke tweeted,...

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