Re: [Phys-L] non-linear ears.

[bernard cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>]

Now I wish I’d heard or thought of that.  Back in 1959 for a Psych. paper (Psy. 1, UCSB), having only one oscillator I recorded (and played) one tone (1/4” tape) and operated the oscillator at various frequencies to hear the Tartini tritones.  A friend who recorded the student recitals at the Music Academy of the West (Lotte Lehman’s) assisted (his recorder!)  He had good hearing, so identified the notes. 

bc suffering nostalgia.

> On 2020/Oct/09, at 16:29, John Denker via Phys-l <phys-l@mail.phys-l.org> wrote:
>
> Tangentially related: Nonlinear auditory cortex.
>
> You can play sine waves of two different frequencies, one in each ear,
> and hear the beat note.
>
> This has been known in the literature for eons.  It shoots down a great
> many simplistic theories about how the auditory system works.
>
> See e.g. the following, and references therein:
> https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263815769_Human_cortical_responses_to_slow_and_fast_binaural_beats_reveal_multiple_mechanisms_of_binaural_hearing
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