Music, Cognition, and Computerized Sound: An Introduction to Psychoacoustics

Cook, Perry R.

ISBN 10: 0262032562 / ISBN 13: 9780262032568

Edité par The MIT Press, 1999

A propos de cet article

Hardcover edition. A very clean copy in a dust jacket with some mild wear to the edges/small tears. CD not included.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Music, Cognition, and Computerized Sound: An Introduction to Psychoacoustics
• Éditeur: The MIT Press
• Date de parution: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0262032562
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780262032568
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• État de la jaquette: Very Good
• Catalogues du vendeur:
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A propos de ce titre

Synopsis

The first book to provide comprehensive introductory coverage of the multiple topics encompassed under psychoacoustics.

How hearing works and how the brain processes sounds entering the ear to provide the listener with useful information are of great interest to psychologists, cognitive scientists, and musicians. However, while a number of books have concentrated on individual aspects of this field, known as psychoacoustics, there has been no comprehensive introductory coverage of the multiple topics encompassed under the term. Music, Cognition, and Computerized Sound is the first book to provide that coverage, and it does so via a unique and useful approach.

The book begins with introductory chapters on the basic physiology and functions of the ear and auditory sections of the brain, then proceeds to discuss numerous topics associated with the study of psychoacoustics, including cognitive psychology and the physics of sound. The book has a particular emphasis on music and computerized sound. An accompanying download includes many sound examples to help explicate the text and is available with the code included in the book at http://mitpress.mit.edu/mccs. To download sound samples, you can obtain a unique access code by emailing digitalproducts-cs@mit.edu or calling 617-253-2889 or 800-207-8354 (toll-free in the U.S. and Canada).The contributing authors include John Chowning, Perry R. Cook, Brent Gillespie, Daniel J. Levitin, Max Mathews, John Pierce, and Roger Shepard.

À propos de l?auteur

Perry R. Cook is Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Princeton University, with a joint appointment in Music.

Daniel J. Levitin is Founding Dean of Arts and Humanities at the Minerva Schools at Keck Graduate Institute and James McGill Professor Emeritus of Neuroscience and Music at McGill University. He is the author of four bestselling books, including This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession.

John C. Pierce is Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Roger N. Shepard is Professor of Psychology, Stanford University