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McGurk effects

McGurk effects is the plural of McGurk effect.

Meaning of McGurk effect

Noun

McGurk effect (plural McGurk effects)

  1. A perceptual phenomenon where, when the auditory component of one sound is paired with the visual component of another sound, a third and different sound is perceived.
    • Finally, let us note two experiments that demonstrate a relation between the auditory and visual modalities that makes sense under the tight bond between particular articulatory and acoustic states implied by a phonological feature. In the so-called McGurk effect, subjects see a video display of a...1994 January, Michael Kenstowicz, “The Phonetic Foundations of Phonology”, in w:Phonology in Generative Grammar (Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics), Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, →ISBN, section 4.5...

Questions about McGurk effects

What is McGurk effects the plural of?
McGurk effects is the plural of McGurk effect.

Words near McGurk effects in the dictionary

  1. McGuirt
  2. McGuirts
  3. McGunnigle
  4. McGurk
  5. McGurk effect
  6. McGurk effects
  7. McGurks
  8. McGurn
  9. McGurns
  10. McGurren
  11. McGusty

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