Hearing
Quiz by Ashley Scolaro
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- Q1The rate at which a sound wave vibrates (measured in cycles per second) is perceived by our brains as ________.prosodypitchloudnessmelody60s
- Q2A sound wave that is tall would be perceived as ______.low pitchloudhigh pitchsoft60s
- Q3The ______ of a sound is how we distinguish a saxophone from a flute.amplitudepitchprosodytimbre60s
- Q4Which of the following components of a song would make it sound scary?low pitchchildren humminghigh pitchchildren happily singing a song60s
- Q5Which region of the brain is activated when a person is listening to a burst of noise?frontal lobeprimary auditory cortexsecondary auditory cortexHeschl's gyrus60s
- Q6The cochlea is filled with ______.fluidbrain matterboneair60s
- Q7______ are the receptors in the cochlea.cone cellshair cellsvestibular cellsoval cells60s
- Q8The longer a sound wave travels on the basilar membrane, the lower the _____.pitchamplitudecomplexityprosody60s
- Q9The primary auditory cortex has regions that code information about the ____ of a sound.complexityprosodypitchamplitude60s
- Q10Compard to non-musicians, musicians have a thicker _____ cortextemporaloccipitalfrontalparietal60s