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Why do people hear their names being called in the woods? (www.livescience.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/psychology

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The phenomenon of hearing intelligible voices or noises in meaningless background noise is known as "auditory pareidolia." The sources of this noise vary; they may include electric fans; running water; airplane engines; the hums of washing machines; or white-noise machines, according to audiologists. It is an auditory sub-type of pareidolia, in which people see faces or other meaningful patterns in ambiguous images.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This happens to me all the time surveying through tall corn. I have to stop every few steps and listen to make sure one of my crew members isn't lost or something, only to realize it's just the wind rustling the corn.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen 0 points 7 months ago

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