The ventriloquism effect occurs because
A) our perception of voice location is confused by the puppet movements.
B) a ventriloquist projects his/her voice onto a nearby object.
C) we bind our perceptions of two sounds to each other.
D) movement of an object produced an illusory Doppler effect.
E) of an illusory conjunction between two different visual stimuli.

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The ventriloquism effect occurs because our perception of where a voice is coming from can be confused or misled by the movements of a puppet or dummy that the ventriloquist is controlling. This visual cue tricks our brain into attributing the source of the sound to the puppet rather than the actual source, the ventriloquist.

The Ventriloquism Effect Occurs Because