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Precedence effect

The precedence effect or law of the first wavefront is a binaural psychoacoustical effect concerning sound reflection and the perception of echoes. When two versions of the same sound presented are separated by a sufficiently short time delay (below the listener's echo threshold), listeners perceive a single auditory event; its perceived spatial location…

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Precedence effect → Haas effect, important factor in the perception of stereophonic sound.Wallach et al. did not systematically vary the intensities of the two sounds
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