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The Precedence Effect

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Directional Hearing

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When two binaural sounds are presented with a brief delay between them, and are perceived as a single auditory event, the localization of that event is determined largely by the directional cues carried by the earlier sound. This observation is known as the precedence effect in sound localization.

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  2. Hunter College of the City, University of New York, New York, New York, USA

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Zurek, P.M. (1987). The Precedence Effect. In: Yost, W.A., Gourevitch, G. (eds) Directional Hearing. Proceedings in Life Sciences. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4738-8_4

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