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In-Head Localization

In-Head Localization

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Colin Wright
Mar 03, 2022
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"Sound localization" refers to one's ability to figure out where a sound is coming from in space, despite hearing it from a single location.

This is a complex trick to pull off and generally requires multiple sound-parsing tools (in the case of most mammals, ears) spaced just right and located at the proper place on the body so that the sound data can be…

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