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Auditory localization.
- Source :
- Scientific American; Oct1961, Vol. 205 Issue 4, p132-142, 11p, 6 Diagrams
- Publication Year :
- 1961
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Abstract
- The article discusses the reception of sound through the ears and the function of the brain in auditory localization. Auditory localization may be achieved with more efficiency by having a complete pair of receptors or ears. Giovanni Battista Venturi, an Italian physicist, was the first to conduct studies of this nature. Experiments revealed that each ear is represented more strongly in the opposite side of the brain than in the same side thus, a sound on one ear excites neural activity in the opposite side of that ear.
- Subjects :
- DIRECTIONAL hearing
AUDITORY perception
SOUND
EAR
BRAIN
HEARING
ACOUSTIC localization
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00368733
- Volume :
- 205
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Scientific American
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 19681691
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican1061-132