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Intuitive knowledge of object acoustics enables perceptual separation of physical variables from impact sounds

2026-01-28

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Upon hearing objects collide, humans can estimate physical attributes such as material and mass. Although the physics of sound generation is well established, the inverse problem that listeners solve – of inferring physical parameters from sound – remains poorly understood. Classical accounts posit the use of acoustic cues that correlate with physical variables, but do not explain how humans might distinguish mult...

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Literature Corpus work: f114c7c2-5ca9-5e04-b9d2-688ed58d671b
DOI: 10.64898/2026.01.28.702236

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