PSY 3108 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Medial Geniculate Nucleus, Environmental Noise, Genetic Disorder
9 Dec 2016
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Distant sense: audition stimulus can be detected from quite far away (unlike. Auditory system operates on fastest timescale of all senses. Minute differences in oscillations of sound waves or difference in their arrival to. Can plot a kill, forge escape, or hear distant calls of potential mate. Detection of sound and ability to determine source. Derive meaningful info from structured and periodic sounds of speech. Quick reactions to sounds we associate with danger or that are unpleasant. Ch5 audition: sensory system most suited for communication for many species of animal audition uses: locating food, finding mates, avoiding predators somatosensation and chemosensation) ears by mere fraction of a second are important sensory features. Broad range of auditory perceptual experience in humans. 1500 bce: egyptians first to regard ear as organ of hearing (although they also thought it controlled respiration) Greek: modest attempts of understanding ear function. sound produced.
