PSYCH 1XX3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Stapedius Muscle, Eardrum, Psych
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Sound can"t travel in a vacuum (no sound in space) Decibels is logarithmic in nature (ie. a sound that is 30db, and 40db, 40 is twice as loud) Most people"s hearing starts at about 4db. Human ear resembles a contraption some ingenious plumber put together with spare parts . Stapes and stapedius muscle help lower amplification of noise of your own voice in your head. Violinists suffer hearing loss in the ear closest to the side the play on. Musician have more cortical area to music perception and productions that individuals who don"t play: determined by level of training and practice (environmental in nature) People who play an instrument are better as spatial reasoning tasks, and spatial perception in general. Slight differences were in spatial reasoning (listening to classical music improved it for about 15 minutes) Kids that had listened to music more likely to. Music may be an important evolutionary thing: intimidation.
