Sound localization fuses independent sensory evidence into one coherent percept

Evidence

Hearing is only one of the sensory mechanisms for communication and receiving information from the environment. Spatial perception and sound-event localization may be influenced by non-acoustic cues as well, particularly by visual cues. In multimodal perception, the peripheral sensory mechanisms work relatively independently, but these partial percepts are fused together into a coherent internal representation, unless conflicting cues leave them apart or the dominating sensory organ overwhelms the weaker evidence. — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 1465

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines multimodal perception and the fusion of partial percepts — a framework concept for how spatial perception actually works.
• XREF: Connects to the Deep Listening material already read about holistic vs. focused perception of the soundscape.