Re: pinhole Bats' Noses

Paul Doherty (pauld@exploratorium.edu)
Thu, 27 May 1999 14:05:28 -0800


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Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 14:05:28 -0800
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From: Paul Doherty <pauld@exploratorium.edu>
Subject: Re: pinhole Bats' Noses

Human pinna are shaped the way they are so that a mix of frequencies coming
from above our ears is filtered differently from a mix of frequencies
coming from below. This allows us to discriminate complex noises from above
from noises coming from below.

Paul D

Paul "But it is more complicated than that!" Doherty,
Senior Staff Scientist, The Exploratorium.
pauld@exploratorium.edu, www.exo.net/~pauld