PSYC 2390 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Railways Act 1921, The Star-Spangled Banner, Vestibular System
11 Apr 2016
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How we make sense of sounds in the environment. Man in a coffee shop talking to another woman. This is called auditory localization problem: how can he perceive everything clearly this is called the problem of. Each sound in your environment comes from a location in space. Auditory space: sounds at different locations in space. Auditory localization: the locating of sound sources in auditory space. When tones reach the ear, nerve fires in the cochlea vibrate, allowing us to perceive pitch and timbre, however it gives us no concept of the location of the sound. Two tones of the same frequency but originate in different places will cause the fibers to vibrate the same way. Location cues: created by the way sounds interact with the listeners head and ears. Locating the position of a sound in 3 dimensions. Information reaching both ears to determine the azimuth of sounds.
