Sound Research WIKINDX |
Resource type: Journal Article ID no. (ISBN etc.): 0022-1015 BibTeX citation key: Witkin1952 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details |
Categories: General Keywords: Perception, Psychoacoustics, Psychology Creators: Leventhal, Wapner, Witkin Collection: Journal of Experimental Psychology |
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An interesting result is that women depend more on visual cues for sound localisation than do men. This difference, although noticeable, is not deemed statistically significant.
Added by: Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard |
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p.58 "The perceived direction of a sound coming from a visible source is determined through the use of both visual and auditory cues." Added by: Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard |
p.65 "...differences were observed between men and women, with women showing a tendency to locate the sound closer to where they saw it originate from than did men." Added by: Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard |