Why do we sometimes hear things that never happened or were never said?

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Sometimes I think someone has called my name and they never said anything.

Sometimes I’ve even heard what seemed like someone shout right next to my face, but that mostly happens when I’m close to falling asleep!

I hope that makes a bit of sense!

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It’s like when there’s silence our brain tries to fill it up with noise. We very rarely encounter absolute silence and when we do, it gets weird for us. When confronted with absolute or even near silence, human brains and ears react in some pretty weird ways. Ways that can result in a wide range of bizarre sonic experiences.

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