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It literally might - the stereo audio sensing gets more vertical data (that the brain can combine with visual data into a more fully 3D understanding of things).
It’s the same how you (I mean eg cats) move your head from side to side while judging the distances or shapes of the objects slightly further away.
Just a sensor adjustment to literally receive more data on the subject/object from various pov-s.They wouldn’t do this for far away objects.
Apparently the head tilt is a sound thing that helps them locate the position of sounds above/below them better. Humans are built different so we don’t need to do that to locate the source.
Or so I’ve heard. A real scientist is welcome to correct me.
Humans have the same issue, we just don’t have that same instinct for whatever reason.
Location is determined by the time-of-flight difference in the sound wave between each ear. So if something hits your left ear first, you know that it’s coming from the left.
You can’t do that when things are above/below.
You can’t do that when things are above/below.
You obviously have never been near a tree with a singing bird in it. You can definitely tell that the sound comes from above. That’s because the shape of the outer portion of the ear somehow funnels the sound in a way that makes it possible for the brain to determine the origin of the sound.
Adding on to it, the structure/shape of our ears are also unique. So if anyone loses their ear and get an implant, it takes them some time before they can fully get accustomed to it
Not a scientist, but can confirm, I am built differently than a fox.
Yes, changing your point of view helps understanding things.
Their brains dry up sometimes. Tilting their heads causes the fluid inside to slosh around and moisten it, which helps them think more clearly.
It’s like moving stuff around in a box to make things work or appear differently … if your head is upright and you can’t think past whatever it is you’re looking at, you tilt 45 degrees and all the brain mush slops over to one side of your skull and the ideas and thoughts get reset … if you’re still confused, you tilt 45 degrees in the other direction to reset the brain mush again … and you keep doing that to the brain mush until something starts making sense.
