Auditory Neuroscience: Making Sense of Sound

by Jan Schnupp, Andrew King, Israel Nelken

Book Overview

An integrated overview of hearing and the interplay of physical, biological, and psychological processes underlying it.

Every time we listen--to speech, to music, to footsteps approaching or retreating--our auditory perception is the result of a long chain of diverse and intricate processes that unfold within the source of the sound itself, in the air, in our ears, and, most of all, in our brains. Hearing is an "everyday miracle" that, despite...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262518023
• ISBN13: 9780262518024
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher