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Absolute threshold of hearing applies to Auditory perception. Activate to inspect this relation.Auditory perception depends on Neural signal. Activate to inspect this relation.Auditory masking applies to Auditory perception. Activate to inspect this relation.Auditory scene analysis is a Auditory perception. Activate to inspect this relation.Cocktail-party effect emerges from Auditory scene analysis. Activate to inspect this relation.Critical band is part of Auditory perception. Activate to inspect this relation.Fundamental frequency causes Pitch. Activate to inspect this relation.Head-related transfer function models Sound localization. Activate to inspect this relation.Interaural level difference enables Sound localization. Activate to inspect this relation.Interaural time difference enables Sound localization. Activate to inspect this relation.The ear enables Auditory perception. Activate to inspect this relation.Emotion in music depends on Auditory perception. Activate to inspect this relation.Auditory perception depends on Sound wave. Activate to inspect this relation.Pitch depends on Frequency. Activate to inspect this relation.Pitch is part of Auditory perception. Activate to inspect this relation.Mel scale models Pitch. Activate to inspect this relation.Melody emerges from Pitch. Activate to inspect this relation.Pitch emerges from Oscillation. Activate to inspect this relation.Sound localization is a Auditory perception. Activate to inspect this relation.Spatial audio depends on Sound localization. Activate to inspect this relation.Stereophony depends on Sound localization. Activate to inspect this relation.Auditory perceptionNeural signalThe earSound waveAuditory scene analysisCritical bandSound localizationPitchEmotion in musicAbsolute threshold of hearingAuditory maskingCocktail-party effectSpatial audioStereophonyHead-related transfer functionInteraural level differenceInteraural time differenceFrequencyOscillationFundamental frequencyMelodyMel scale
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13 concepts viewed through this lens. Bridge concepts connect this view to Acoustics, Aesthetics, Artificial Intelligence, Audio Engineering….

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22 concepts21 relationships19 disciplines5 relation families

Auditory perception

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At a glance

How the brain interprets nerve signals from the ear as pitch, loudness and music.

Disciplines
Cognitive Science · Biology
Role in the graph
Cross-disciplinary bridge — reaches Acoustics, Anthropology, Audiology, Cultural Studies, Culture, Music, Neuroscience, Performing Arts, Physics, Physiology, Psychoacoustics
Relationships
10 · 4 relation families
Mental models
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  • Harmonic ratio2
    Mathematics, Music, Physics · connects to Consonance, Dissonance
  • Machine learning2
    Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics · connects to Generalization, Pattern
  • ABC model (REBT)1
    Clinical Psychology · connects to Mind
  • Absolute threshold of hearing1
    Audiology, Psychoacoustics · connects to Auditory perception
  • Aesthetics1
    Aesthetics, Industrial Design, Philosophy · connects to Emotion in music

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  • This view connects 19 disciplines: Acoustics, Anthropology, Audio Engineering, Audiology, Biology, Cognitive Science, Cultural Studies, Culture, Mathematics, Mechanics, Music, Music Theory, Musicology, Neuroscience, Performing Arts, Physics, Physiology, Psychoacoustics, Signal Processing.
  • Auditory perception is a bridge concept — viewed here through Biology, Cognitive Science.
  • The connections here span 5 relation families.
  • Thresholds explains 3 concepts in this view (Acoustics, Audiology, Biology, Neuroscience, Physiology, Psychoacoustics).

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