Psychology 2115A/B Lecture Notes - Interaural Time Difference, Sound Localization, Sound

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2115A/B
• Professor: Christine Tsang

Document Summary

Chapter 12 review: sound localization and auditory scenes. By the end of this section, you should know: The effect of room context on auditory perception. Processes by which we detect direction and distance that sound is coming from. Sounds in the environment are perceived by us to emanate by particular source a location in space. We use a variety of cues to judge where those sounds are coming from. Localization: judgments of direction and distance of any particular sound source. Having 2 ears is important for detection. Azimuth coordinates: position left to right: horizontal. Elevation coordinates: position up and down: sounds coming from above and below you. Distance coordinates: position from observer: reflect a sense of how far away that sound source is. People are good at localizing sounds that are directly in front of them, we are not great at localizing sounds that are behind us or really far to the side.