Music, Cognition, and Computerized Sound: An Introduction to Psychoacoustics [With CD-ROM]

by Perry R. Cook and Annabeth Albert

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262531909
• ISBN13: 9780262531900
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher