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From: Leon@lfheller.demon.co.uk (Leon Heller)
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Subject: Re: McGurk Effect
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In article <D4pIF6.4D6@curia.ucc.ie>
           turlough@odyssey.ucc.ie "Turlough FitzPatrick" writes:

> as far as I am aware the McGurk Effect ( also called
> cross-modal confusion) occurs when conflicting
> visual and audio input is given.What I mean is to 

[snip]

It sounds a bit like the Stroop Test sometimes used to increase mental
workload. I can't remember the exact details but it's something like the
following. Colour words like red and green are printed in the "wrong"
colours and the subject is asked to read them out loud. It's quite
difficult.

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