Our capacity to detect whether a high-frequency sound comes from our left or right reflects an analysis of

A) the fundamental overtones.
B) a sonic shadow that reflects differences in loudness (loudness is greater in the ear closest to the sound_.
C) differences in arrival times at the eardrums.
D) differences in sound phase.
E) differences in frequency overtones reaching the ears.


Answer: B

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