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the ability to tell the direction from which a sound is originating.

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Sound localization

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a psychoacoustic phenomenon that describes how the brain perceives sound when multiple sounds reach the ear close together in time

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Precedence effect

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The ability to separate each of the sound sources and separate them in space is achieved

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Auditory stream analysis

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the process of determining which regions and parts of the visual scene belong together as parts of higher order perceptual units such as objects or patterns

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Perceptual grouping

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the way that auditory events are localized, or how a person perceives an auditory scene in space

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Auditory space

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locating of sound sources in the auditory space

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Auditory localization

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What is the activation of nerve fibers in the cochlea based on?

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on the tones’ frequency components and not on where the tones are coming from

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TRUE OR FALSE: 2 tones with the same frequency that originate in the different locations will NOT activate the same hair cells and nerve fibers in the cochlea.

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FALSE, they will activate the same hair cells and nerve fibers

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are created by the way sound interacts with the listener’s head and ears

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Location cues

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What are the 2 kinds of location cues?

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Binaural and spectral cues

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Location cue that depends on both ears

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Binaural cues

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Location cue that depends on one ear

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Spectral cues

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extending from left to right

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Azimuth

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extending up and down

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Elevation

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What three dimensions to locate the position of a sound are location cues used for?

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  1. azimuth
  2. elevation
  3. distance of sound source from the listener
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Based on the difference in the sound pressure level of the sound reaching the two ears

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Interaural Level Difference (ILD)

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reduces the intensity of sounds that reach the far ear

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Acoustic shadow

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What type of sound does Interaural Level Difference work best at?

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high frequency sounds

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The time difference between when a sound reaches the left ear and when it reaches the right ear.

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Interaural Time Difference (ITD)

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If the sound source is directly in front of the listener, what is the ITD? why?

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The ITD is 0 because the distance to each ear is the same: the sound reaches the left and right ears simultaneously

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When does ITD become larger?

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When sound sources are located more to the side

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ITD is most effective for determining the locations of what kind of sounds?

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low frequency sounds

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Cues in which information for localization is contained in differences in the distribution (or spectrum) of frequencies that reach each ear from difference locations

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Spectral cues

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ILDs and ITDs work for judging _________ location.

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azimuth

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What do spectral cues work best for?
judging elevation, especially for spectra extending to higher frequencies
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Proposes that neurons are wired so they each receive signals from the two ears/ proposes a circuit that contains a series of ITD detectors, each tuned to respond best to a specific ITD
Jeffress Model of auditory localization
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They only fire when both signals coincide by arriving at the neuron simultaneously/ each one fires best to a particular ITD
Coincidence detectors/ ITD dectectors
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ITD is indicated by the place (which neuron) where the activity occurs
place code
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Plots the neuron's firing rate against the ITD
ITD tuning curves
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What does the broadness of the ITD curves in mammals mean?
that coding for localization is based on broadly tuned neurons
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What is binaural localization based on for birds?
sharply tuned neurons
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What is binaural localization based on for mammals?
broadly tuned neurons
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Why is the code for birds a place code?
Because ITD is indicated by the firing of neurons at a specific place in the nervous system
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Why is the code for mammals a population code?
Because the ITD is determined by the firing of many broadly tuned neurons working together
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What was the study done by Dewey Neff?
He placed cats about 8 feet away from 2 food boxes - one about 3 feet to the left and one about 3 feet to the right. The cats were rewarded with food if they approached the sound of a buzzer located behind one of the boxes
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What did Dewey Neff conclude?
That an intact auditory cortex is necessary for accurate localization of sounds in space.
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What are the 2 pathways that lead away from A1 (primary auditory cortex?
The what and where auditory pathways
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Involved in perceiving complex sounds and patterns of sound
anterior belt
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Involved in localizing sound
posterior belt
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Extends from the anterior belt to the front of the temporal lobe and then to the frontal cortex
"what" auditory pathway
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Extends from the posterior belt to the parietal lobe and then to the frontal cortex
"where" auditory pathway
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associated with perceiving sounds
"what" pathway
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associated with locating sounds
"where" pathway
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sound that reaches your ear directly
Direct sound
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When in an auditorium, what is your perception based on?
direct sound plus indirect sound
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Sound that reaches your ears after bouncing off the auditorium's walls, ceiling, and floor
Indirect sound
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We perceive the sound as coming from near the source that reaches our ears first
Precedence effect
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What is the point of the precedence effect?
that a sound source and its lagging reflections are perceived as a single fused sound
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________ sound can affect the quality of the sound we hear
indirect
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The study of how sounds are reflected in rooms that is largely concerned with how indirect sound changes the quality of the sounds we hear in rooms
Architectural acoustics
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What affects indirect sounds?
1. The size of the room 2. The amount of sound absorbed by the walls, ceilings, and floor. 3. The shape of the room
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The time it takes for the sound to decrease to 1/1000th of its original pressure
reverberation time
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What are the factors in designing concert halls for how music is perceived?
1. reverberation time 2. Intimacy time 3. Bass ratio 4. Spaciousness factor
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The time between when sounds arrives directly from the stage and when the first reflection arrives. This is related to reverberation but involves just comparing the time between the direct sound and the first reflection, rather than the time it takes for many reflections to die down
Intimacy time
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The ratio of low frequencies to middle frequencies that are reflected from walls and other surfaces
Bass ratio
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The fraction of all the sound received by a listener that is indirect sound
Spaciousness factor
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How long are intimacy times?
20 msec
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What are high bass ratios and spaciousness factors associated with?
Good acoustics
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What is one problem that occurs in concert halls?
The acoustics depend on the number of people attending a performance, because peoples' bodies absorb sound
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How do architects deal with the problem of the number of people attending changing the acoustics in concert halls?
The seat cushions were designed to have the same absorption properties as an "average" person
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The process by which the stimuli produced by each source are separated
Auditory scene analysis
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The array of sound sources at different locations in the environment
Auditory scene
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Involves grouping the components present at a given moment in time to create one or more perceived sounds
Simultaneous grouping
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Involves connecting components over time to form streams/ grouping that occurs as sounds follow one another in time.
Sequential grouping
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What is one way to analyze an auditory scene into its separate components?
to use info about where each source is located
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TRUE OR FALSE: If two sounds start at slightly different times, it is likely that they came from the same sources.
FALSE, likely that they came from different sources
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Measures the time between the start of one stimulus and the start of another.
onset synchrony
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TRUE OR FALSE: Sounds that have the same timbre or pitch range are often produced by the same source
TRUE
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When we hear a harmonic series we infer that it came from a single source
Harmonicity
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What helps us differentiate between the sounds of a flute and trombone as separate sources?
differences in pitch
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The perception of a string of sounds as belonging together
Auditory stream segregation
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produced by simultaneous ascending and descending major scales beginning in separate stereo channels with each successive note being switched to the opposite channel
Scale illusion/ melodic channeling
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What did Deutsch conclude?
It is similar to the Gestalt principle of good continuity of vision; sound stimuli with the same frequency or smoothly changing frequencies are perceived as continuous even when they are interrupted by another stimulus
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What study did Richard Warren demonstrate?
Auditory continuity by presenting bursts of tone interrupted by gaps of silence. But when Warren filled in the gaps with noise, listeners perceived the tone as continuing behind the noise.
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A representation of a familiar melody that is stored in a person's memory
melody schema
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An example of vision dominating hearing, it occurs when sounds coming from one place (the ventriloquist's mouth) appear to come from another place (the dummy's mouth). The movement of the dummy's mouth "captures" the sound.
Ventriloquism effect
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When a single dot is flashed onto a screen, the participant perceives one flash. When a single beep is presented at the same time as the dot, the participant still perceives one flash. However, if the single dot is accompanied by two beeps, the participant sees two flashes, even though the dot was flashed only once.
Two-flash illusion
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Enables deaf people to determine what people are saying by watching their lip and facial movements.
Speechreading
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What do the multisensory neurons that fire to both sound and vision help us form?
a single representation of space that involves both auditory and visual stimuli
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What technique do some blind people use to locate objects and perceive shapes in the environment?
Echolocation
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What part of the brain does listening to a story activate?
the auditory receiving area in the temporal lobe
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What part of the brain does reading a written version of a story activate?
the visual receiving area in the occipital lobe
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In what brain region are the responses from listening and from reading synchronized in time?
The superior temporal gyrus in the temporal lobe

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