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Psychoacoustics
Why music sounds the way it does. Pitch perception, the cocktail party effect, and auditory illusions.
🎵 Music🪞 Psychology🔬 Science
How our ears and brains conspire to create sounds that don't exist.
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scientificamerican.com4d ago
Shepard tones, the octave illusion, phantom words. Once you know about these, you hear differently.
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en.wikipedia.org4d ago
Your brain hears a bass note that isn't physically there. This is why telephones work for male voices.
📄en.wikipedia.org4d ago
How mechanical sound waves become perceived pitch, loudness, timbre, and spatial location in the brain.
📄en.wikipedia.org4d ago