Less Glamorous Examples


Loudness:
formerly considered one phenomenon

Loudness Paradox ...

loudness now regarded as two phenomena: (1) energy, (2) distance
Pitch:
Frequencies are present in the world; pitches are not present in the world. (Terhardt, Stoll & Seewann, 1982)

Cochlea does frequency analysis; yet we don't "hear frequencies" -- we hear amalgamations called "pitches."

Why?






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