O'Callaghan's work on auditory perception shows the auditory system encodes source direction and distance, not wavefront geometry, making the center-of-expansion model phenomenologically inert.
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Fails to explain or connect to actual human experience—the theory is technically sophisticated but doesn't describe how perception actually feels or works in practice.
Source direction and distance(as what the auditory system actually processes)
Information about where a sound is coming from (like left or right, forward or back) and how far away it is.
Wavefront geometry(as an alternative model being rejected)
The mathematical shape and pattern of sound waves as they travel through the air—a more technical description of sound that doesn't match how we actually experience it.
auditory perception(what the argument is about)
The way your brain processes and makes sense of sounds you hear.