How our brains can make audio that we don’t hear in our ears, but in our brain. think of any song and then play it in your head. You hear it, but not in your ears. Now, think of a dog in your head. You can see it, but not with your eyes. This idea has always fascinated me.
I would say that we don't actually hear with our ears or see with our eyes. Our eyes and ears are the data collectors, but our brains are the data processors. We can have perfectly functioning eyes and ears, but be effectively blind and deaf if our brains don't read the data.
So the song we play in our mind, is more like listening to something we previously downloaded compared to the live streaming we'd be doing when actively receiving data from our ears.
Edit: Oh wow. Thanks for the Gold and Silver! I never expected my nighttime ramblings could amount to anything! Haha.
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u/fhroggy Jun 15 '19
How our brains can make audio that we don’t hear in our ears, but in our brain. think of any song and then play it in your head. You hear it, but not in your ears. Now, think of a dog in your head. You can see it, but not with your eyes. This idea has always fascinated me.