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  2. Three wise monkeys - Wikipedia

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    The three wise monkeys at the Tōshō-gū shrine in Nikkō, Japan. The three wise monkeys are a Japanese pictorial maxim, embodying the proverbial principle " see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil ". [1] The three monkeys are. Mizaru (見ざる), "does not see", covering his eyes. Kikazaru (聞かざる), "does not hear", covering his ears.

  3. Pareidolia - Wikipedia

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    Pareidolia (/ ˌpærɪˈdoʊliə, ˌpɛər -/; [1] also US: / ˌpɛəraɪ -/) [2] is the tendency for perception to impose a meaningful interpretation on a nebulous stimulus, usually visual, so that one detects an object, pattern, or meaning where there is none. Pareidolia is a type of apophenia. Common examples include perceived images of ...

  4. McGurk effect - Wikipedia

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    McGurk effect. The McGurk effect is a perceptual phenomenon that demonstrates an interaction between hearing and vision in speech perception. The illusion occurs when the auditory component of one sound is paired with the visual component of another sound, leading to the perception of a third sound. [1] The visual information a person gets from ...

  5. Synesthesia - Wikipedia

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    A person with synesthesia may associate certain letters and numbers with certain colors. Most synesthetes see characters just as others do (in whichever color actually displayed) but they may simultaneously perceive colors as associated with or evoked by each one. Synesthesia (American English) or synaesthesia (British English) is a perceptual ...

  6. A picture is worth a thousand words - Wikipedia

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    A picture is worth a thousand words. 1913 newspaper advertisement. Meaning. Seeing something is better for learning than having it described. Original form. "A thousand words leave not the same deep impression as does a single deed." Coined by. Henrik Ibsen. " A picture is worth a thousand words " is an adage in multiple languages meaning that ...

  7. Xenoglossy - Wikipedia

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    Xenoglossy (/ ˌziːnəˈɡlɒsi, ˌzɛ -, - noʊ -/), [1] also written xenoglossia (/ ˌziːnəˈɡlɒsiə, ˌzɛ -, - noʊ -/) [2][3] and sometimes also known as xenolalia, is the supposedly paranormal phenomenon in which a person is allegedly able to speak, write or understand a foreign language that they could not have acquired by natural ...

  8. Speech perception - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Speech perception is the process by which the sounds of language are heard, interpreted, and understood. The study of speech perception is closely linked to the fields of phonology and phonetics in linguistics and cognitive psychology and perception in psychology. Research in speech perception seeks to understand how human listeners ...

  9. Vow of silence - Wikipedia

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    Vow of silence. A vow of silence is a vow taken to avoid the use of speech. Although the concept is commonly associated with monasticism, no religious order takes such a vow, and even the most austere monastic orders such as the Carthusians have times in their schedule for talking. In monasteries of the Western Christian tradition, the so ...