Week 4 - Audition

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PSY247 - Perception Quiz on Week 4 - Audition, created by Daniel Whiting on 29/03/2017.
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Question 1

Question
Our cochlear acts a little bit like a...
Answer
  • Low pass filter
  • High pass filter
  • Band pass filter
  • Coffee filter
  • Fourier filter

Question 2

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Humans have the ability to hear sound levels ranging to over 100dB. What kind of dynamic range to individual nerve cells have?
Answer
  • 20-50dB
  • >100dB
  • 50-100dB
  • 10-30dB
  • 0-80dB

Question 3

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In no particular order, what is the signal hierarchy in the brain for auditory stimuli?
Answer
  • Auditory Nerve
  • Cochlear Nucleus
  • Superior Olive
  • Lateral Lemniscus
  • Inferior Colliculus
  • Thalamus
  • Auditory Cortex
  • Organ of Corti
  • Superior Colliculus
  • Piriform Cortex

Question 4

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In higher frequencies, two frequencies can fit into a single bandwidth filter and be selected for. These are called..
Answer
  • Unresolved harmonics
  • The volley principal
  • Beats
  • Residue pitch
  • Resolved harmonics
  • Fundamental frequency

Question 5

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Lower frequency sounds require [blank_start]more[blank_end] intensity to be perceived as equal in loudness to higher frequencies.
Answer
  • more
  • less
  • double
  • half
  • the same

Question 6

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The physiological mechanism for loudness is proposed to be..
Answer
  • The more neighbouring neurons that are firing together result in the sound being perceived as louder.
  • The faster the vibrations of the hair cells the louder the sound is perceived.
  • Stronger activation of a singular tuned cell.
  • Interaural differences between the ears used to calculate sound levels.

Question 7

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Sound localisation in the Azimuth plane is achieved by..
Answer
  • Interaural time differences
  • Interaural intensity differences
  • The shape of the Pinnae
  • The cone of confusion

Question 8

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Interaural time differences are processed in the [blank_start]Medial Superior Olive.[blank_end] Interaural intensity differences are processed in the [blank_start]Lateral Superior Olive.[blank_end]
Answer
  • Medial Superior Olive.
  • Lateral Superior Olive.
  • Lateral Superior Olive.
  • Medial Superior Olive.
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