Week 6 Flashcards

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Corollary Discharge Theory

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Definition: movement perception depends on three signals:

Motor, Corollary discharge, image displacement

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Motor signal (MS)

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signal sent to eyes to move eye muscles

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Movement is perceived when ____ (an evaluation unit) receives either a ___, ____.

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comparator; CDS; IDS

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Corollary discharge signal (CDS)

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identical copy of the motor signal
○ Informs the brain about the intentional eye movement.

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5
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Image displacement signal (IDS)

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movement of image stimulating receptors across the retina.

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6
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Movement is perceived when we have either CDS or IDS. T or F

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T

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7
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STS Superior Temporal Sulcus

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Biological motion is processed by sts and ffa

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Evidence for sts

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Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) applied to STS caused a decrease in ability to detect biological motion.
● Result: This temporary lesion interrupted brain functioning and decreased accuracy on the task.

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Sound

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Sound is the experience we have when we hear.

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Physical definition of sound

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● Sound is pressure changes in the air (or other medium).
● Condensation: Higher levels of local air pressure.
● Rarefaction: Decreased regions/ Lower levels of air pressure.
● Sound wave: The pattern of changes in pressure across a space.

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Timbre

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  • “quality” of a sound
  • allows us to distinguish between different musical instruments playing the same pitch at the same loudness.
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Perception of timbre is influenced by

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Attack: how quickly a note reaches its maximum volume after being played
- Fast attack (piano note) sounds more abrupt vs. Slow attack (bowing of a violin) sounds more gradual

Decay: How quickly the sound diminishes after the initial peak
- Guitar string (rapid decay) vs. Organ (long decay)

Different harmonics: Different instruments have different harmonic content for the same pitch

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13
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Pure tones

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  • Perceived as a single note without any harmonics or overtones
  • Simplest form of a sound wave
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Complex tones:

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  • A combination of multiple frequencies with various harmonics or overtones
  • Give the tone its timbre
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15
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Additive Synthesis:

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  • Constructs complex tones by adding together pure tones at different frequencies
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16
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Signal Decomposition

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Fourier Analysis: breaks down a complex waveform into a series of sine waves
that sum up to the original waveform.

17
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Fundamental frequency

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  • The lowest frequency in a complex tone
  • Determines the pitch of the note
18
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Missing Fundamental Effect

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  • Perceived pitch: periodicity pitch; when a harmonic or the fundamental frequency is lost, the perceived pitch remains the same due to the effect of the missing fundamental.
  • Consistent fundamental frequency
  • The spacing of the harmonics and the repetition rate of the waveform carry the pitch information related to the fundamental frequency.
19
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Audibility Curve

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  • The minimum sound pressure level that the average human ear can detect at each frequency
  • Humans are most sensitive to sounds in curve dips in the 2-5 kHz range
20
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Equal Loudness Curves:

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  • A set of curves that illustrate the ear’s sensitivity to different frequencies at various loudness levels
  • The ear is less sensitive to very low and very high frequencies.
21
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In the sound stimulus, greater condensation of air molecules would correspond to

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higher amplitude

22
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If a sound level meter measures 0 decibels (dB), this means no sound signal is present.

23
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The decibel scale relates physical pressure in the sound wave to the psychological experience of loudness. This scale demonstrates ____________________ as we attempt to estimate the magnitude of the physical stimulus.

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response compression

24
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Perceived tone height corresponds to which of the following physical dimensions of sound?

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What physical property of the sound signal does the perception of timbre correspond to most directly?
complexity
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The maximum frequency that a healthy, 20-year old person with normal hearing can detect is as high as:
20,000 Hz
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Sound amplitude is related to perceived loudness of a signal. If you play different frequencies at the same amplitude (intensity), they must have the same perceived loudness.
False
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Which of the ossicles is attached to the tympanic membrane?
Malleus
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Amplitude
Sound pressure level that corresponds to perceived **loudness** (for a given frequency).
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tone height
The perceptual experience of increasing pitch that happens when frequency is increased.
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Frequency
umber of cycles per second in which the sound pressure repeats corresponds to perceived **pitch**.
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