'Wow Factor': Humans Perceive More Than They Think They Do:
From the "Interesting If True" Department:
Faces tell the stories in UC Riverside Professor Larry Rosenblum's ecological listening lab, as volunteer test subjects show that they can 'read' unheard speech -- not just from lips, but from the simple movements of dots placed on lips, teeth and tongue.
They can also recognize people's voices just from seeing their faces, and vice versa, and seem to be able to distinguish among a variety of rooms on campus just from their echoes.
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