Studies in auditory and visual space perception (1901)
Pierce, Arthur Henry, 1867-1914 · New York, Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 101
he louder is more likely to be placed in front and the fainter behind. And that this results from experience, developed on the basis of the usual influence of the pinna, is as- suredly a most plausible supposition, especially if one recall the opinion of Rayleigh (see p. 28) that the partial tones… … XX U , U-F'B'9' XT u , tail1- ^^ JS> S9^ Number of subjects, 4. Number of ex- periments, 220. ' were placed m front as compared with 36^ placed behind. This result can have but one mean- ing, viz., that a greater number of misplacements oc- curred from the rear to the forward position than in the…
Directional hearing · Space perception · Optical illusions
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