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Audiovisual mirror neuron

Audiovisual mirror neuron refers to a neuron that responds to actions that produce sounds. These neurons respond when a monkey performs a hand action and when it hears the sound assoc

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Audiovisual speech perception

Audiovisual Speech perception refers to a perception of Speech that is affected by both auditory and visual stimulation, as when a person sees a tape of someone saying /ga/ with the

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Audition

Audition refers to the sensation of hearing; the process of hearing.

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Auditory

In the psychology context, "auditory" refers to anything related to the sense of hearing. This includes the processes of hearing, the perception of sounds, and how the brain interprets these sounds. Auditory perception is a complex process that begins with sound waves entering the ear and being converted into neural signals by the cochlea in the inner ear. These signals are then transmitted to the auditory cortex of the brain, where they are processed and interpreted.

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Auditory acuity

Auditory acuity refers to the ability to recognize sounds of varying pitch and loudness.

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Auditory canal

Auditory canal refers to the canal through which air vibrations travel from the environment to the tympanic membrane.

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Auditory Discrimination

Auditory Discrimination refers to the difficulty in perceiving differences between speech sounds and sequencing these sounds into meaningful words, which affects Reading and spoken language.

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Auditory figure-ground

Auditory figure-ground refers to the ability to attend to one sound against a background of sound (e.g., hearing the teacher's voice against classroom noise).

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