Audio caracteristics better than visual. ("Albert Bregman, Tel: 514-398-6103" )


Subject: Audio caracteristics better than visual.
From:    "Albert Bregman, Tel: 514-398-6103"  <IN09(at)MUSICB.MCGILL.CA>
Date:    Fri, 25 Jun 1993 16:58:43 EDT

> Hi there, > > > We're looking for any kind of work on human perception to find > caracteristics of the auditory sytem that are better than the visual > system. > We typically encode message sequentially in sound (e.g., a sentence), and simultaneously in visual displays (e.g., a printed page.) For this reason, sound maintains its message as it bounces around corners. Light doesn't. So sound is good for warning systems. - Al Bregman


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