Subject: New Book-- Ecological Psychoacoustics From: John Neuhoff <jneuhoff(at)WOOSTER.EDU> Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 11:52:56 -0400Given the recent discussion of Ecological approaches to studying perception, I am please to announce the publication of a new edited book entitled "Ecological Psychoacoustics". The book brings together the best of traditional psychoacoustics and ecological psychology while trying to avoid the dogmatism sometimes apparent in each field. The announcement from Elsevier appears below. More details are available here: http://books.elsevier.com/socsci/?ISBN=0125158513 and here: http://jneuhoff.com/ecopsyc.htm ************************************************ Elsevier is pleased to announce the recent publication of Ecological Psychoacoustics edited by John G. Neuhoff (The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio, U.S.A.) 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. 2004, Hardback 368 pp., USD69.95/GBP38.95, ISBN: 0-12-515851-3 ________________________________ John G. Neuhoff Department of Psychology The College of Wooster Wooster, OH 44691 Phone: 330-263-2475 Fax: 928-244-5577 http://jneuhoff.com ************************ "Ecological Psychoacoustics" from Academic Press June, 2004 http://www.jneuhoff.com/ecopsyc.htm ************************************