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KembaraXtra-Psychology - auditory cortex
Auditory cortex includes primary auditory cortex and auditory association cortex, responsible for processing sound information. In each hemisphere, primary auditory cortex is located in Heschl’s gyrus (a transverse gyrus across the superior temporal gyrus/temporal operculum) and contains frequency-specific bands arranged tonotopically, representing inputs from both ears. In the usually left hemisphere, it includes Wernicke’s area, and auditory association cortex lies adjacent in the superior temporal gyrus. It connects with structures such as the inferior colliculus and medial geniculate nucleus.
Auditory cortex includes primary auditory cortex and auditory association cortex, responsible for processing sound information. In each hemisphere, primary auditory cortex is located in Heschl’s gyrus (a transverse gyrus across the superior temporal gyrus/temporal operculum) and contains frequency-specific bands arranged tonotopically, representing inputs from both ears. In the usually left hemisphere, it includes Wernicke’s area, and auditory association cortex lies adjacent in the superior temporal gyrus. It connects with structures such as the inferior colliculus and medial geniculate nucleus.
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KembaraXtra-Psychology - auditory masking
Auditory masking occurs when one sound (the masking stimulus) obscures another (the test stimulus), raising the test stimulus’s absolute threshold or reducing its perceived loudness. Masking can be forward (masker before), simultaneous (together), or backward (masker after), and forward/backward masking can occur when the masker is within about 100 milliseconds of the test sound; related ideas include central masking and critical bands.
Auditory masking occurs when one sound (the masking stimulus) obscures another (the test stimulus), raising the test stimulus’s absolute threshold or reducing its perceived loudness. Masking can be forward (masker before), simultaneous (together), or backward (masker after), and forward/backward masking can occur when the masker is within about 100 milliseconds of the test sound; related ideas include central masking and critical bands.
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KembaraXtra-Psychology - auditory illusion
An auditory illusion is any illusory hearing experience, with many forms including localization illusions, Shepard’s auditory staircase illusion, the missing fundamental, phonemic restoration, and various musical paradoxes. These are contrasted with tactile and visual illusions, and it is noted that the Doppler effect is not strictly illusory.
An auditory illusion is any illusory hearing experience, with many forms including localization illusions, Shepard’s auditory staircase illusion, the missing fundamental, phonemic restoration, and various musical paradoxes. These are contrasted with tactile and visual illusions, and it is noted that the Doppler effect is not strictly illusory.
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KembaraXtra-Psychology - auditory hallucination
An auditory hallucination is hearing a sound—most often voices—without an external source. Some definitions exclude voices perceived as inside the head, but major diagnostic manuals such as DSM-5 and ICD-10 do not make that exclusion.
An auditory hallucination is hearing a sound—most often voices—without an external source. Some definitions exclude voices perceived as inside the head, but major diagnostic manuals such as DSM-5 and ICD-10 do not make that exclusion.
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KembaraXtra-Psychology - auditory fusion
Auditory fusion is perceiving two or more sounds as a single sound; when the sounds are delivered to different ears it is called binaural fusion, and it is compared with the precedence effect.
Auditory fusion is perceiving two or more sounds as a single sound; when the sounds are delivered to different ears it is called binaural fusion, and it is compared with the precedence effect.
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KembaraXtra-Psychology - auditory masking
Auditory masking occurs when one sound (the masking stimulus) obscures another (the test stimulus), raising the test stimulus’s absolute threshold or reducing its perceived loudness. Masking can be forward (masker before), simultaneous (together), or backward (masker after), and forward/backward masking can occur when the masker is within about 100 milliseconds of the test sound; related ideas include central masking and critical bands.
Auditory masking occurs when one sound (the masking stimulus) obscures another (the test stimulus), raising the test stimulus’s absolute threshold or reducing its perceived loudness. Masking can be forward (masker before), simultaneous (together), or backward (masker after), and forward/backward masking can occur when the masker is within about 100 milliseconds of the test sound; related ideas include central masking and critical bands.
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KembaraXtra-Psychology - auditory meatus
Auditory meatus is another term for the external or internal auditory canal; the name comes from Latin meaning “passage.”
Auditory meatus is another term for the external or internal auditory canal; the name comes from Latin meaning “passage.”
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KembaraXtra-Psychology - auditory system
The auditory system is a broad label for all nervous-system structures involved in hearing.
The auditory system is a broad label for all nervous-system structures involved in hearing.
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KembaraXtra-Psychology - auditory suffix effect
The auditory suffix effect is poorer memory for a word list when additional speech sounds or words are appended at the end during learning even though they are not to be remembered; non-speech sounds typically do not produce the same impairment. It is related to the precategorical acoustic store.
The auditory suffix effect is poorer memory for a word list when additional speech sounds or words are appended at the end during learning even though they are not to be remembered; non-speech sounds typically do not produce the same impairment. It is related to the precategorical acoustic store.
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KembaraXtra-Psychology - auditory staircase illusion
The auditory staircase illusion is a sound analogue of the visual staircase illusion, discovered by Roger N. Shepard (born 1929) in 1964. It uses tones that are clear in pitch class (the 12 notes C through B) but ambiguous in octave because each tone combines equal-intensity sinusoidal components across multiple octaves; when such tones are played repeatedly in an ascending or descending sequence, listeners perceive a single endlessly rising or falling line rather than a repeating cycle. It is also called the illusion of circular pitch and relates to other musical paradoxes.
The auditory staircase illusion is a sound analogue of the visual staircase illusion, discovered by Roger N. Shepard (born 1929) in 1964. It uses tones that are clear in pitch class (the 12 notes C through B) but ambiguous in octave because each tone combines equal-intensity sinusoidal components across multiple octaves; when such tones are played repeatedly in an ascending or descending sequence, listeners perceive a single endlessly rising or falling line rather than a repeating cycle. It is also called the illusion of circular pitch and relates to other musical paradoxes.
