Seamus is having difficulty organizing the sounds he hears and so he cocks his head to the side. Seamus is actively trying to determine:
A)whether a low frequency is within his range.
B)which voice is figure and which is ground.
C)how far away the source of the sound is.
D)the direction from which a sound is coming.

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Seamus is using his head position to help localize the source of the sound by determining the direction it is coming from. This is an example of binaural hearing, which allows the brain to use differences in sound arrival time and intensity at each ear to judge the location of sound sources in space. Option A is incorrect because Seamus is not necessarily trying to identify whether a low frequency is within his range, but rather where the sound is coming from. Option B is incorrect because figure-ground perception involves distinguishing an object of focus from its surroundings, whereas Seamus is focused on locating the source of a sound. Option C is incorrect because although distance perception can involve binaural cues like interaural time delay and loudness differences, Seamus is primarily using head position to determine direction, which doesn't necessarily relate to distance.

Seamus Is Having Difficulty Organizing the Sounds He Hears and So