PSYB51H3 Chapter 10: Chapter 10 - study notes
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Ch 10 hear ing i n env iron ment. Unlike vision, sound enters ears in exactly same place regardless of where owl is, for vision u see the owl and if it was in your right visual field then it will end up in left retina. For most position in space, sound source b closer to 1 ear than to other. Thus 2 potential types of info for determining source of sound, localization cues. 1) pressure wave will not arrive at both ears at same time, it arrives sooner to ear closer to source. 2) intensity of sound is greater @ ear closer 2 source. I t d = diff in time /b/ a sound arriving at one ear vs. other. Azimuth = angle of a sound source on horizontal plane relative to pt in centre of head /b/ the ears. Azimuth is measured in degrees w/ 0 being straight ahead.
