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A Silent GIF That Somehow Makes You Hear a Sound
Heard the thuds but not the rope slaps.
Didn't hear it.
I did hear something until I realized I was hearing something and then I didn't hear it anymore.
Cant hear it, but can definitely feel my ears almost tense up in anticipation of a sound. Interesting for sure.
As soon as I read the bit about ear muscled contracting instinctually, I could actually feel that muscle contraction occurring. Very surreal. Also I found that I had to stop watching the gif after a minute because those muscles actually started to ache a bit...
I have a hard time not *imagining* the sound, but I don't actually *hear* anything.
I even cupped my ears a bit to better hear the naturally ambient white noise around me, and paid attention to whether or not I heard a change in the pitch of that white noise. Nothing. Either I'm not reflexing or it's not enough to influence what I hear.
AFAIK this is a fairly recently discovered form of synesthesia.
If memory serves me it's called, quite simply, "motion-sound synesthesia".