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Lab Report: It is only necessary to turn in a report on Sections that require you to make graphs and to give short explanations. You are asked to label the axes of your plots and include a title for every plot. If you are unsure about what is expected, ask the instructor. 1 Sound localization Lab. Goal and Background The specific aim of this lab is (1) to analyze the sound spectrally by use of FFT; (2) to create stimulus/response plots as to analyze how well the subject was able to localize the sounds. In this way, it should be possible to attribute which parts of the frequency domain are relevant for sound localization and for with dimension (azimuth vs. elevation). Fig. 1: Three acoustic cues contribute to our ability to localize sounds in space: interaural (between-ear) differences in sound arrival time and level (left) and spectral notches (right). Move your mouse over the panels to see how these cues change with sound direction. A goal of the laboratory is to investigate how these cues are represented within the auditory system. Source: /labs/Davis-Lab/projects/auditory_processing_of_sound_localization_cues  Sound localization experiments in humans have revealed that there are three main physical cues o the location of a sound in external space; these are illustrated in the figure to the right. The first two cues arise as a result of the separation of the two ears in space, i.e., sound from one side of the head arrives at the farther ear delayed in time and attenuated in level with respect to that arriving at the nearer ear (Fig. 1, left). These binaural cues are important for left-right (azimuthal) localization. The third cue, spectral information, is created by the filtering properties of the head and outer ear as auditory stimuli propagate to the eardrum (Fig. 1, right). Spectral cues contribute to the resolution of front/back confusions when different sound sources create the same interaural cues, and are critical for accura