[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>We all agree on that: the only bit of contention is whether the word
>"psycho- acoustic" covers that. The word "psychosomatic" certainly
>does.
The definition of psychoacoustics is simply the scientific study of the
*perception* of sound.
Psychosomatic has two definitions; the second is more relevant here:
relating to or concerned with the influence of the mind on the body.
Psychosomatic is usually used in the field of medicine, especially
relating to diseases and/or cures that originate from mental or emotional
causes.
So in some ways you're both right: the phenomenon we're discussing
(expecting to hear something causes you to hear it whether it's actually
there or not) relates to psychoacoustics in that it could very well be a
psychosomatic effect.
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