Ecological Psychoacoustics / / John Neuhoff.

• VerfasserIn: Neuhoff, John G.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Neuhoff, John G.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden;, Boston : : BRILL,, 2004.
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (368 p. ); Illustrated
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Ecological Psychoacoustics outlines recent advances in dynamic, cognitive, and ecological investigations of auditory perception and ties this work to findings in more traditional areas of psychoacoustics. The book illuminates some of the converging evidence that is beginning to emerge from these traditionally divergent fields, providing a scientifically rigorous, "real world" perspective on auditory perception, cognition, and action. In a natural listening environment almost all sounds are dynamic, complex, and heard concurrently with other sounds. Yet, historically, traditional psychoacoustics has examined the perception of static, impoverished stimuli presented in isolation. "Ecological Psychoacoustics" examines recent work that challenges some of the traditional ideas about auditory perception that were established with these impoverished stimuli and provides a focused look at the perceptual processes that are more likely to occur in natural settings. It examines basic psychoacoustics from a more cognitive and ecological perspective. It provides broad coverage including both basic and applied research in auditory perception; and coherence and cross referencing among chapters.

Table of Contents

Introduction and History -- Auditory Perceptual Organization Inside and Outside the Laboratory -- Attention and Timing -- Auditory Motion and Localization -- From Gibson's Fire to Gestalts: A Bridge-building Theory of Perceptual Objecthood -- Ecological Psychoacoustics and Auditory Displays: Hearing, Grouping, and Meaning Making -- Environmental Acoustics: Psychological Assessment of Noise -- Ecological Development Psychoacoustics -- Perceiving Articulatory Events: Lessons for an Ecological Psychoacoustics -- Interacting Perceptual Dimensions -- Pitch and Pitch Structures -- Loudness.