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Re: Req: pitch-to-physical space mappings, refs
- To: Multiple recipients of list AUDITORY <AUDITORY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: Req: pitch-to-physical space mappings, refs
- From: David Chervenak <dcherven@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 00:38:39 -0500
- In-reply-to: <199704010515.AAA20606@jupiter.cs.uml.edu> from "Sean Ferguson" at Apr 1, 97 00:06:42 am
- Reply-to: David Chervenak <dcherven@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Sender: Research in auditory perception <AUDITORY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Maybe there is a relationship between these fundamental unlearned
>(I think) physical actions and our metaphorical use of the terms "high"
>and "low".
Also, when you hear a loud bass sound (through speakers or due to natural
phenomena), you feel it in your "gut", and "hear" it in part by bone
conduction. Higher frequency sounds are percieved totally through your
ears, which are vertically higher (most of the time).
-David