Diffusion — noun — /dɪˈfjuːʒn/ — the process of spreading something broadly in every direction; the state of being dispersed (e.g., the diffusion of Marxist concepts).
In sound engineering, the parameter controlling the dispersion and density of reflections in a reverberant signal, with low values producing sparser and more distinct individual reflections and high values yielding a denser, smoother, more uniform reverb tail.
In evidence accumulation models (cognitive psychology and neuroscience), the stochastic component of the decision process that introduces moment-to-moment noise into the temporal accumulation of evidence.
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