Thinking in Sound: The Cognitive Psychology of Human Audition [Hardcover]

Stephen McAdams (Editor), Emmanuel Bigand (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 6, 1993

The realm of auditory cognition is increasingly being recognized as an important new area of psychological and musicological research, however until now no single work has presented the subject in a comprehensive manner for the benefit of researchers and students. To rectify this situation a special tutorial workshop organized by the French Acoustical Society was held at IRCAM, the music research institute founded by Pierre Boulez. Specialists in perceptual organization, memory, attention, music psychology, neurospsychology, and developmental psychology were invited from Europe and North America. This volume presents the materials from their lectures. The book will be useful to advanced students in the cognitive sciences and scientists specializing in many fields as well as in auditory psychology.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Combines work on sound source determination and knowledge in the more traditional areas of auditory processing to form the beginnings of a unified view of auditory cognition. . . . even those without musical experience will find this a useful book for broadening their view of human cognition." --William Yost, Science

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Stephen McAdams is at CNRS. Emmanuel Bigand is at Universite de Bourgogne, Dijon. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 368 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (May 6, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198522584
• ISBN-13: 978-0198522584
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,211,100 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)