A ventriloquist is able to convince you that words are coming from his dummy's mouth because the dummy's mouth movements match the timing of the words actually coming from the ventriloquist. The ventriloquist is making use of the perceptual principle of
A)continuation.
B)figure-ground.
C)closure.
D)contiguity.

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The principle of contiguity explains how we perceive two things that happen close together in time as being related. In the case of a ventriloquist, the dummy's mouth movements are synchronized with the ventriloquist's speech, leading the audience to perceive the voice as coming from the dummy.

A Ventriloquist Is Able to Convince You That Words Are