In psychology, sonification means using electronic sounds to give information about data instead of using pictures (Effenberg, 2019). Our ears are better at understanding things that change over time, while our eyes are better at understanding things that are in a certain place (Effenberg, 2019). Sonification is often used with special software to change data into sound. It can be hard to make sonification work well because we need to understand how our ears work and how they group sounds together (Kramer et al., 2010). Sonification is used in many different areas, such as medicine and geology (Hermann & Ritter, 199). It is also used to help people learn new movements or improve their skills in sports (Effenberg et al., 2016). By using sound, we can help people learn better and faster (Schmitz et al., 2013).
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