Music, Cognition & Computerized Sound – An Introduction to Psychoacoustics +CD (Music, Cognition, and Computerized Sound) - Softcover

John Chowning; Perry R. Cook; Brent Gillespie; Daniel J. Levitin; Max Mathews; John Pierce; Roger Shepard

 
9780262531900: Music, Cognition & Computerized Sound – An Introduction to Psychoacoustics +CD (Music, Cognition, and Computerized Sound)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0262531909 ISBN 13: 9780262531900
Publisher: MIT Press, 2001

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.

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About the Author

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

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Publisher
MIT Press
Publication date
2001
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0262531909
ISBN 13 
9780262531900
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
392
Editor
PR Cook

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