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  2. Sensory memory - Wikipedia

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    During every moment of an organism's life, sensory information is being taken in by sensory receptors and processed by the nervous system. Sensory information is stored in sensory memory just long enough to be transferred to short-term memory. [1] Humans have five traditional senses: sight, hearing, taste, smell, touch.

  3. Echoic memory - Wikipedia

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    A short-term memory model proposed by Nelson Cowan attempts to address this problem by describing a verbal sensory memory input and storage in more detail. It suggests a pre-attentive sensory storage system that can hold a large amount of accurate information over a short period of time and consists of an initial phase input of 200-400ms and a ...

  4. Brainwave entrainment - Wikipedia

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    Brainwave entrainment, also referred to as brainwave synchronization or neural entrainment, refers to the observation that brainwaves (large-scale electrical oscillations in the brain) will naturally synchronize to the rhythm of periodic external stimuli, such as flickering lights, [1] speech, [2] music, [3] or tactile stimuli.

  5. Auditory system - Wikipedia

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    The Heschl's gyrus/transverse temporal gyrus includes Wernicke's area and functionality, it is heavily involved in emotion-sound, emotion-facial-expression, and sound-memory processes. The entorhinal cortex is the part of the 'hippocampus system' that aids and stores visual and auditory memories.

  6. If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it ...

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    However, if we define sound as the waves themselves, then sound would be produced. This all leaves out sounds heard from imagination, hallucination, synesthesia, and tinnitus. These phenomena prove that sound is virtualized reality since these all exist without vibration in the air. The same applies to all other senses that produce perceptions.

  7. Auditory illusion - Wikipedia

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    Composers have long been using the spatial components of music to alter the overall sound experienced by the listener. [14] One of the more common methods of sound synthesis is the use of combination tones. Combination tones are illusions that are not physically present as sound waves, but rather, they are created by one's own neuromechanics. [15]

  8. Neural encoding of sound - Wikipedia

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    The fundamental function of this part of the ear is to gather sound energy and deliver it to the eardrum. Resonances of the external ear selectively boost sound pressure with frequency in the range 2–5 kHz. [2] The pinna as a result of its asymmetrical structure is able to provide further cues about the elevation from which the sound originated.

  9. Sound - Wikipedia

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    For example, sound moving through wind will have its speed of propagation increased by the speed of the wind if the sound and wind are moving in the same direction. If the sound and wind are moving in opposite directions, the speed of the sound wave will be decreased by the speed of the wind. The viscosity of the medium.