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PsychoacousticsCognitive ScienceEstablished

Sound localization

The ability to judge the direction and distance of a sound source by ear.

Sound localizationAuditory perceptionSpatial audioStereophonyInteraural time differenceInteraural level differenceHead-related transfer functionNeural signalThe ear

At a glance

Type
information
Disciplines 2
PsychoacousticsCognitive Science
Mental models 0
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Role in the graph
Cross-disciplinary bridge
reaches 2 discipline lenses

Key signals

Cross-disciplinary reach
Disciplines
2
  • Psychoacoustics
  • Cognitive Science
Evidence & development

Dependencies

What this concept builds on and what it makes possible — derived from the atlas’s dependency, causal and structural relations, not from every related edge.

Foundations · builds on

Interaural level differenceenablesSound localizationEstablished

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interaural level difference enables sound localization.

Mechanism: The head shadows high frequencies, so a level difference cues direction.

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Interaural time differenceenablesSound localizationEstablished

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interaural time difference enables sound localization.

Mechanism: The brain reads arrival-time differences to place low sounds left or right.

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Enables · leads to

Spatial audiodepends onSound localizationEstablished

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spatial audio depends on sound localization.

Mechanism: Spatial audio works by feeding the cues the ear uses to localize sound.

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Stereophonydepends onSound localizationEstablished

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stereophony depends on sound localization.

Mechanism: It exploits interaural differences to place sounds between the speakers.

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System context

Sound localizationis aAuditory perceptionEstablished

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sound localization is a kind of auditory perception.

Mechanism: Localization is the spatial dimension of auditory perception.

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Structural role & consequence

Interpreted from the current atlas graph — what the connections mean, not just how many there are.

  • Currently dark in the atlas: no key date stored · 6 of 6 of its relations lack claim-level evidence.

    atlas representation · Describes the current Thinking OS representation, not the state of the world.

  • Builds on 2 foundations (requires / depends-on / derived-from / emerges-from).

    structural · Structural graph analysis — not a claim of importance, causation or history.

  • Structural neighbourhood: 6 → 19 → 55 concepts reachable within 3 hops.

    structural · Structural reach — being reachable is not the same as being understood.

  • All 6 of its relationships stay within its own discipline — a field-specific concept in the current atlas.

    structural · Structural graph analysis — not a claim of importance, causation or history.

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cross-field
6 within-field, 0 cross-field

0 of 6 relations carry evidence · concept has a verified source

Strengths & constraints

Constraints

  • Evidence coverage currently thin in the atlas — few of its relationships carry claim-level evidence. atlas representation
  • No dated history stored — the atlas records no key date for this concept. atlas representation

Conditions

  • Its dependency reading rests on 2 foundation relations. structural
  • Read structurally — most of its relationships carry no external evidence yet, so claims here are graph-derived. structural

Dependency radial

What this concept builds on (left) and what it makes possible (right) — derived from dependency and causal relations.

Interaural level differ…Interaural time differe…Spatial audioStereophonySound localization◀ builds onenables ▶

What builds on this

2 concepts build on this directly, 2 in total, across 2 disciplines.

Audio EngineeringPsychoacoustics

Structural downstream reach along dependency edges — not a claim of historical necessity.

Seen through each discipline

How this concept sits in each of its fields — derived from its real connections in the graph, not asserted.

Psychoacoustics

Through this lens it connects to Spatial audio, Stereophony, Head-related transfer function and Interaural time difference.

Sound localization through the Psychoacoustics lens →

Cognitive Science

Through this lens it connects to Auditory perception.

Sound localization through the Cognitive Science lens →

Concepts that look related but are not yet connected here — candidates for a connection to reason about, not established links.

The scientific picture
  • Connects 6 other ideas across 2 disciplines.
  • A cross-disciplinary bridge — its connections reach into 2 other fields.
  • Most of its connections are of the “Cause & effect” kind.

Derived from the graph’s real structure — observations, not a score.

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