Multistable auditory perception

<p>Multistable auditory perception is a cognitive phenomenon in which certain auditory stimuli can be perceived in multiple ways. While <a href="/facts/Multistable_perception/SG2q6GxR">multistable perception</a> has been most commonly studied in the <a href="/facts/Visual_system/QVcuA27K">visual domain</a>, it also has been observed in the auditory and olfactory modalities.  In the <a href="/facts/Olfactory_system/MD48Kz6E">olfactory domain</a>, different scents are piped to the two nostrils, while in the <a href="/facts/Auditory_system/fJYTKjje">auditory domain</a>, researchers often examine the effects of  <a href="/facts/Binaural_beats/zKhaKnMy">binaural</a> sequences of pure tones.  Generally speaking, multistable perception has three main characteristics: exclusivity, implying that the multiple perceptions cannot simultaneously occur; randomness, indicating that the duration of perceptual phases follows a random law, and inevitability, meaning that subjects are unable to completely block out one percept indefinitely.
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Multistable auditory perception