Harry McGurk

visual inputs to form a cohesive and comprehensive speech percept (Nath and Beauchamp, 2012). In their 1976 article ‘Hearing Lips and Seeing Voices’, Harry McGurk and John MacDonald described a perceptual phenomenon they referred to as ‘the McGurk effect’ (McGurk and MacDonald, 1976). The McGurk effect is an audiovisual illusion that is

Types of Audio-Visual Illusion: The McGurk Effect and Ventriloquism The McGurk effect and ventriloquism are both types of audio-visual illusion (McGurk, & MacDonald, 1976). The McGurk effect demonstrates an interaction between hearing and vision regarding speech perception (MacDonald, & McGurk, 1978), indicating that what you hear is influenced by what you see (McGurk, & MacDonald, 1976). Ventriloquism involves a perceptual illusion rather than a physical change in sound origin (Kubovy, & Valkenbury

What images are associated with the words “hero”? A muscular Hercules saving the world from Hades? A knight in shining armor bravely riding into combat? Words like bravery, strength, pride, and self-sacrifice are commonly connected with a classic hero. But are those the only characteristics that make someone heroic? A dictionary definition of a hero is “a man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities”; however, this is a very elastic definition and there

H.R. 3590 (111th): Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act When president Obama was a candidate in the 2008 election he promised wide scale health care reform that would increase the availability and affordability of medical insurance for a large portion of the American population. At the time of his campaign, millions of low-income Americans were stuck in the Medicaid gap – where they could not afford health insurance, but also were not eligible for the joint state and federal government Medicaid

David Heyman and the Harry Potter Film Franchise FTV 434 Taylor Grewe December 11, 2013  The role of a producer in the filmmaking process involves financial and technical responsibilities, as well as creative responsibilities. As the industry evolved, producers were typically associated with the financial and technical side of filmmaking, more so than the creative side. However, in the last three decades, more and more producers are being recognized for their creative involvement (Pardo 2). In 1997

sorted into a house, and I would just have to sleep in Dumbledore’s office. That would be cool, maybe I would get to braid his beard. “Whatcha thinking about?” George asked from beside me. We were on our way to the Leaky Cauldron, where apparently Harry was staying after he blew up his aunt. We all had a good laugh about that. “Braiding Dumbledore’s beard,” I replied casually. He gave me a weirded out look, as did basically everyone else in the car that heard me. I shrugged. They asked a question

After the success of her popular Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling has recently branched out from writing children’s literature. Her first adult novel, The Casual Vacancy, explores more mature topics and is aimed at a new demographic than her previous works. She challenges social issues with her dark themes and her impeccable writing style captures the wide range of problems at the heart of a small town. It becomes more apparent throughout the novel that each character is connected in a web of

Bernard Madoff Financial Scandal I would first like to begin this paper by saying why I decide to chose this topic out of the 3 choices. I believe that all of the choices were credible and a viable topic in their own regards, but the reason this one hit home for me was because of the simplicity of the scandal. It’s hard to believe that someone could have made off with the amount of money Bernard did when the idea of a Ponzi scheme was notable as early as the 19th century, and was named after Charles

J.K rowling a british author that wrote the big hit series of harry potter. But she didn 't start out famous and her idea for the book wasn 't instantly accepted by publishers. Before Harry Potter Rowling was poor Rowling had to go to several different publishers before she found one that would publish her book. Now she became a known author and eventually the first person to become a billionaire from writing books J.K. rowling is a person worthy of praise because she overcame britain adversed to

The Gothic novel is not just an ordinary story of vampirism, it is rather a story about a very particular kind of myth that is very old, that goes back even before the ancient Greeks. In classical mythology there have been always stories about exotic lands inhabited by exotic creatures, there have been always a fascination with constructing images of monsters male and female. In classical mythology there have been always stories about the encounter between the mortal and the immortal, between the