[LAU] Perception - Was: Measuring the acoustical characteristics of my studio using FLOSS software?

[Charles Z Henry]

On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 9:18 PM, Charles Z Henry <czhenry at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 9:00 PM, Charles Z Henry <czhenry at gmail.com> wrote:

> P.S.  There is also the matter of the auditory chiasm which provides
> some sub-cortical processing in the auditory mid-brain.  Information
> from each ear is in fact transmitted to both hemispheres, but it is
> unclear how much information is sent ipsi-laterally and
> contra-laterally and whether some lateralized processing occurs before
> the hemispheres receive the information.  The main structures involved
> in spatial localization are the olivary complex located in the pons
> and the superior colliculus which analyzes differences in time of
> arrival between the two ears.

| sed 's/superior colliculus/inferior colliculus/'

The superior colliculus is primarily implicated in visual processing
and has more to do with programming eye movements and attending to
visual objects.  Of course, the fact that they are right next to one
another probably means some information is shared between the two.