Causal inference in environmental sound recognition

Sound is caused by physical events in the world. Do humans infer these causes when recognizing sound sources? We tested whether the recognition of common environmental sounds depends on the inference of a basic physical variable – the source intensity (i.e., the power that produces a sound). A sourc...

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Main Authors: McDermott, J.H (Author), Norman-Haignere, S.V (Author), Traer, J. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2021
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