Two well-documented sensory biases enter. One entirely new sensory bias leaves. This is what happens when researchers pit your eyes against your ears to see which one you’ll believe.
Sit a test subject down in front of a row of five speakers and play a sound in one of those speakers. Then ask the subject to indicate, as quickly as possible, where they think the sound came from. The subject will consistently indicate a point just to the outside of the speaker that played the sound. If a speaker slightly to the right of them plays a sound, they will indicate an area farther to the right of them. If the speaker far to the left plays, they will point to an area even farther to the left than the speaker.
Sit a test subject down in front of a row of five speakers and play a sound in one of those speakers. Then ask the subject to indicate, as quickly as possible, where they think the sound came from. The subject will consistently indicate a point just to the outside of the speaker that played the sound. If a speaker slightly to the right of them plays a sound, they will indicate an area farther to the right of them. If the speaker far to the left plays, they will point to an area even farther to the left than the speaker.