Listening – An Introduction to the Perception of Auditory Events - Hardcover

Handel, S

 
9780262081795: Listening – An Introduction to the Perception of Auditory Events
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0262081792 ISBN 13: 9780262081795
Publisher: MIT Press, 1989

Synopsis

Handel (psychology, Tennessee) examines the perception of music and speech through chapters on the physics of sound production and propagation, the similarities and differences between musical instruments, singing, and speaking, the cognitive patterning of perceived sound, the grammars of music and

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Review

" This book will be of interest and of use not merely to cognitive psychologists but to musicians and linguists, to architects and engineers concerned with the auditory environment, and to the phenomenologically oriented philosopher or the inquiring layperson... A considerable achievement."-- Mark Haggard, "The Times Higher Education Supplement" -- Mark Haggard, "The Times Higher Education Supplement" " [This] book will be of interest and of use not merely to cognitive psychologists but to musicians and linguists, to architects and engineers concerned with the auditory environment, and to the phenomenologically oriented philosopher or the inquiring layperson... A considerable achievement." -- Mark Haggard, "The Times Higher Education Supplement" & quot; [This] book will be of interest and of use not merely to cognitive psychologists but to musicians and linguists, to architects and engineers concerned with the auditory environment, and to the phenomenologically oriented philosopher or the inquiring layperson... A considerable achievement.& quot; -- Mark Haggard, The Times Higher Education Supplement "[This] book will be of interest and of use not merely to cognitive psychologists but to musicians and linguists, to architects and engineers concerned with the auditory environment, and to the phenomenologically oriented philosopher or the inquiring layperson... A considerable achievement."--Mark Haggard, "The Times Higher Education Supplement"

About the Author

Stephen Handel is Professor of Psychology at the University of Tennessee.

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Publisher
MIT Press
Publication date
1989
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0262081792
ISBN 13 
9780262081795
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
611

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