Re: Brightness ("Andrew D. Lyons" )

Subject: Re: Brightness
From:    "Andrew D. Lyons"  <tstex(at)TSTEX.COM>
Date:    Sat, 11 May 2002 10:36:28 +1000

I can't explain the relationship between aural and visual brightness
with any certainty, however I can point you at research which addresses
the matter:

Marks, L. E. 1978. The Unity of the Senses: Interrelations among the
Modalities. New York: Academic Press.

I've extracted some tables from the book for inclusion in a paper of my
own on the subject:

http://www.vislab.usyd.edu.au/user/alyons/synaesthesia.htm

Cheers

> Subject: brightness
>
> I am interested in analogues between visual and auditory processing.
>
> We describe sounds rich in high-frequency harmonics "bright". This adjective
> is apparently universal. Why do we use such a visual concept to describe an
> auditory feature?


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