Reflection

When I first discovered the auditory Pareidola effect, I was surprised that it very tied to drug hallucinations and EVP. When I first searched auditory Pareidola, most of the results I got were EVP videos. The slightly old case of the cussing Minion was also interesting, because I had heard about it before and thought it funny that some people actually thought the Minions were cussing, whereas I only heard gibberish. What's so interesting about the effect is that it is very dependent on the individual; their personalities, beliefs, and current situations will affect what they hear. At the same time, it is possible make people hear certain words that aren't actually there by giving them a suggestion. Especially in the case of the piano, if we know the song, we are conditioned to hear the lyrics, and our brain even helps us do that. In my own digital media, I think it could be used to either give a suggestion about what is being presented visually, or vice versa the visual could suggest a way to interpret the sounds.