Indian speech scientist explains 'Laurel vs Yanny' clip
Hardik Kothare, a PhD student at University of California's speech neuroscience lab has revealed why some users hear 'Yanny' while some 'Laurel' in the viral clip. Hardik suggested the recording was "cleverly synthesised" to trick brain's internal map of speech sounds. Analysing several frequencies of the sound, he found that individual perception of vowels resulted in the varying understanding.