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Course Business. Exam schedule confirmed: Midterm 1: Feb 6 – 9 Midterm 2: March 5 – 8 Final Exam: April 21 - 23. Class Web Site. Is not on Moodle / WebCT / Blackboard !! Is actually at: http:// classes.uleth.ca/201201/psyc2320a /. Sensory Systems: Auditory. What do we hear?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Course Business
• Exam schedule confirmed:– Midterm 1: Feb 6 – 9– Midterm 2: March 5 – 8– Final Exam: April 21 - 23
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Class Web Site
• Is not on Moodle / WebCT / Blackboard !!• Is actually at:
– http://classes.uleth.ca/201201/psyc2320a/
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Sensory Systems: Auditory
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What do we hear?
• Sound is a compression wave:
When speaker is stationary, the air is uniformly dense
Speaker Air Molecules
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What do we hear?
• Sound is a compression wave:
Speaker
When the speaker moves, it compresses the air in front of it.
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What do we hear?
• Sound is a compression wave:
The speaker moves back leaving an area with less air behind - called rarefaction
CompressionRarefaction
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What do we hear?
• Sound is a compression wave:
Speaker
The speaker moves forward again starting the next wave
Compression
Rarefaction
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What do we hear?
• Sound is a compression wave - it only “looks” like a wave if we plot air pressure against time
time ->
Air Pressure
Period - amount of time for one cycle
Frequency = number of cycles per second (1/Period)
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Properties of a Sound Wave
• 1. Amplitude: difference in air pressure between compression and rarefaction (Sound Pressure Level)
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Properties of a Sound Wave
• 1. Amplitude: difference in air pressure between compression and rarefaction (Sound Pressure Level)
– What is the perception that goes along with the sensation of sound amplitude?
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Properties of a Sound Wave
• 1. Amplitude: difference in air pressure between compression and rarefaction (Sound Pressure Level)
– What is the perception that goes along with the sensation of sound amplitude?
LOUDNESS
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Properties of a Sound Wave
• 2. Frequency: how many regions of compression (or rarefaction) pass by a given point per second (expressed in Hertz)
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Properties of a Sound Wave
• 2. Frequency: how many regions of compression (or rarefaction) pass by a given point per second (expressed in Hertz)– What is the perception that goes along with the
sensation of frequency?
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Properties of a Sound Wave
• 2. Frequency: how many regions of compression (or rarefaction) pass by a given point per second (expressed in Hertz)– What is the perception that goes along with the
sensation of frequency?
PITCH
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Properties of a Sound Wave
• Pitch is complicated by the fact that sound waves can be complex– Made up of more than one frequency
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Properties of a Sound Wave
• A 1 second, 1 Hz sound wave:
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Properties of a Sound Wave
• A 1 second, 2 Hz sound wave:
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Properties of a Sound Wave
• A 1 second, 3 Hz sound wave:
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Properties of a Sound Wave
• What would happen if two or more sound waves were happening at the same time?
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Properties of a Sound Wave
• Sounds superpose (they add together)
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Properties of a Sound Wave
• Sounds superpose (they add together)
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Properties of a Sound Wave• Another way to think of this is that any complex wave
can be decomposed into its component frequencies
• Like a prism decomposes light
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Properties of a Sound Wave
• A spectrogram shows us a picture of this decomposition
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Sensing Vibrations
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Sensing Vibrations
• Outer ear transmits and modifies sound (critical for sound localization)
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Sensing Vibrations
• Middle ear turns compression waves into mechanical motion
oval window
stapes
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Sensing Vibrations
• Middle ear turns compression waves into mechanical motion
Ear Drum
Oval window
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Sensing Vibrations
• Middle ear turns compression waves into mechanical motion
Ear Drum
Oval window
Compression Wave
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Sensing Vibrations
• The cochlea, in the inner ear, is a curled up tube filled with fluid.
Auditory Nerve to Brain
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Sensing Vibrations
• Inside the cochlea is the basilar membrane• Movement of the oval window causes ripples
on the basilar membrane
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Sensing Vibrations
• Basilar membrane measures the amplitude and frequency of sound waves
– amplitude (loudness)
–frequency (pitch)
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Sensing Vibrations
• Basilar membrane measures the amplitude and frequency of sound waves
– amplitude (loudness) - magnitude of displacement of the basilar membrane
–frequency (pitch)
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Sensing Vibrations
• Basilar membrane measures the amplitude and frequency of sound waves
– amplitude (loudness) - magnitude of displacement of the basilar membrane
–frequency (pitch) - frequency and location of displacements of the basilar membrane
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Sensing Vibrations
• Basilar membrane measures the amplitude and frequency of sound waves
–frequency (pitch) - frequency and location of displacements of the basilar membrane
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Sensing Vibrations
• Bundles of “hair cells” are embedded in basilar membrane
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Sensing Vibrations
• When hair cells sway back and forth, they let charges inside
• This flow of charges is converted to action potentials and sent along the auditory pathway
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The Auditory Pathway
• The auditory pathway is complex and involves several “stations” along the way to the auditory cortex in the brain
• Lots of processing must be done in real-time on auditory signals!
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How Can You Localize Sound?
• Ponder this:– Imagine digging two trenches in the sand beside a
lake so that water can flow into them. Now imagine hanging a piece of cloth in the water in each trench. Your job is to determine the number and location and type of every fish, duck, person, boat, etc. simply by examining the motion of the cloth. That’s what your auditory system does!
- Al Bregman