Ear Parts
A coiled, bony, fluid filled tube in the inner ear.
What is a cochlea?
States that groups of neurons in the auditory system fire at alternating times to produce pitch.
What is Volley Principle?
Focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus.
What is selective attention?
Depth cues, such as retinal disparity, that depend on the use of two eyes.
What is binocular cues?
The hammer, anvil, and stirrup that pick up vibrations an transmit them to the cochlea.
What is ossicles?
Hearing loss caused by damage to the cochlea's receptor cells or to the auditory nerves.
What is sensorineural hearing loss?
Failing to notice changes in the environment.
What is change blindness?
Depth cues, such as interposition and linear perspective that are available to either eye alone.
What is monocular cues?
Lining the surface of the Basilar Membrane.
What are hair cells?
Hearing loss caused by damage to the mechanical system that conducts sound waves to the cochlea.
What is conduction hearing loss?
Failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere.
What is inattentional blindness?
The ability to see objects in three dimensions, allows use to judge distance.
What is depth perception?
Axons of the hair cells in the ear converge to form this structure, it also sends neural messages.
What is the auditory nerve?
Surgically implanted device that helps a person with sensorineural hearing loss to be able to hear.
What is cochlear implant?
Occurs when we are unfamiliar with environments or situations.
What is Bottom-up-Processing.
A binocular cue for perceiving depth, the greater the disparity between the two images the closer the two objects.
What is retinal disparity?
Three, tiny fluid-filled tubes in your inner ear that help keep your balance.
What are Semicircular canals?
A short wavelength with a tall/great amplitude.
What is a very soft piccolo?
Processing occurs when we bring expectations and prior knowledge to an environment/situation.
What is top-down processing?
An illusion of movement created when two or more adjacent lights blink on or off in quick succession.
What is phi phenomenon?