Subject: Re: Core readings in auditory perception From: "Iftikhar Riaz (Lance) Nizami" <Nizamii2@xxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:45:50 EDT List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>-------------------------------1239493550 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit One problem is that there is no modern book on auditory perception that is not heavily biased towards the work of the author(s) and coauthors. I was obliged to use B.C.J. Moore's book when I was a teaching assistant and found it far too selective for my taste. There seems little choice but to use individual papers. In my field, loudness and detection of stimulus intensity change, the influential but not necessarily good papers would include (but hardly be limited to) the following: Durlach, N.L. and Braida, L.D. (1969) J Acoust Soc Am 46, 372-383. McGill, W.J. and Goldberg, J.P. (1968) Percept Psychophys 4, 105-109. Levitt, H. (1971) J Acoust Soc Am 49, 467-477. Carlyon, R.P. and Moore, B.C.J. (1984) J Acoust Soc Am 76, 1369-1376. Florentine, M. and Buus, S. (1981) J Acoust Soc Am 70, 1646-1654. Garner, W. (1947) J Acoust Soc Am 19, 808-815. Green, D.M. (1960). J Acoust Soc Am 32, 121-131. Stevens, S.S. (1956) Am J Psych 69, 1-25. All of these papers are fairly narrow in scope, and their authors stood on the shoulders of the earlier contributors like Munson, V. Bekesy, Lane, Greenwood, Zwislocki, etc. - Lance Nizami In a message dated 4/11/2009 6:47:38 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jlondon@xxxxxxxx writes: David-- I've faced a similar problem in putting together a course in music perception for upper level undergrads. My advice is to work topically--so, for example, if you want to talk about the place theory of pitch perception, then there are obvious papers/sources. In my analogous cases, as I wanted to talk about categorical perception of pitch, we read Dixon and Ward; JNDs for duration, we read Hirsch, and so forth. Organizing one's syllabus this way leads not only to important/classic readings (the "usual suspects") but also allows you to pull in a recent paper or two which builds upon the classic work. Best, Justin P.S. I probably don't need to point out that Brian Moore's book on *The Psychology of Hearing* is an excellent secondary source. On Apr 11, 2009, at 9:22 AM, David Schwartz wrote: Dear list members, I'm looking for a collection of core/classic readings in auditory perception to use for an upper level undergrad course I'm teaching in the fall. I have in mind something analogous to the visual perception collection Steve Yantis edited (_http://www.amazon.com/Visual-Perception-Key-Readings-Cognition/dp/0863775985/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239459553&sr=1-1_ (http://www.amazon.com/Visual-Perception-Key-Readings-Cognition/dp/0863775985/ref=sr_1_ 1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239459553&sr=1-1) ). Does such a book exist? If not, what would you consider the ~10 most important readings in the history of auditory perception research (aside, of course, from your own publications). Thanks. David Justin London Professor of Music and Other Stuff Carleton College President, Society for Music Theory _jlondon@xxxxxxxx (mailto:jlondon@xxxxxxxx) 507-222-4397 = **************Hurry! April 15th is almost here. File your Federal taxes FREE with TaxACT. (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221653545x1201423923/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.taxact.com%2F08tax.asp%3Fsc%3D084102950004%26p%3D8 2) -------------------------------1239493550 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns:o =3D "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUS-ASCII"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16809" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=3Drole_body style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY= : Arial" bottomMargin=3D7 leftMargin=3D7 topMargin=3D7 rightMargin=3D7><FONT id=3Dr= ole_document face=3DArial color=3D#000000 size=3D2> <DIV>One problem is that there is no modern book on auditory percepti= on that is not heavily biased towards the work of the author(s) and coauthors. I was obliged to use B.C.J. Moore's book when I was = a teaching assistant and found it far too selective for my taste. There seem= s little choice but to use individual papers. In my field, loudness and detection of stimulus intensity change, the influential but not= necessarily good papers would include (but hardly be limited to) the following:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Durlach, N.L. and Braida, L.D. (1969) J Acoust Soc Am 46, 372-383.</D= IV> <DIV>McGill, W.J. and Goldberg, J.P. (1968) Percept Psychophys 4, 105-109.= </DIV> <DIV>Levitt, H. (1971) J Acoust Soc Am 49, 467-477.</DIV> <DIV>Carlyon, R.P. and Moore, B.C.J. (1984) J Acoust Soc Am 76, 1369-1376.= </DIV> <DIV>Florentine, M. and Buus, S. (1981) J Acoust Soc Am 70, 1646-1654.</DI= V> <DIV>Garner, W. (1947) J Acoust Soc Am 19, 808-815.</DIV> <DIV> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%= ; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT size=3D1><SPAN><FONT size=3D2>Green, D.M. (1960). J Acoust Soc Am</FONT>= </SPAN><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%">32, 121-131.</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%= ; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT size=3D1><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"></SPAN></FONT>= <SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><FONT size=3D2>Stevens, S.S.= (1956) Am J Psych 69, 1-25.</FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%= ; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%= "><o:p>All of these papers are fairly narrow in scope, and their authors stood on the= shoulders of the earlier</o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%= ; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><o:p>contributors like Munson= , V. Bekesy, Lane, Greenwood, Zwislocki, etc. - Lance Nizami</o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 4/11/2009 6:47:38 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jlondon@xxxxxxxx writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"= ><FONT style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=3DArial color=3D#000000 siz= e=3D2>David-- <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>I've faced a similar problem in putting together a course in music= perception for upper level undergrads. My advice is to work topically--so, for example, if you want to talk about the place theory= of pitch perception, then there are obvious papers/sources. In my ana= logous cases, as I wanted to talk about categorical perception of pitch, we rea= d Dixon and Ward; JNDs for duration, we read Hirsch, and so forth. <= /DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Organizing one's syllabus this way leads not only to important/clas= sic readings (the "usual suspects") but also allows you to pull in a recent= paper or two which builds upon the classic work.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Best,</DIV> <DIV>Justin</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>P.S. I probably don't need to point out that Brian Moore's book on= *The Psychology of Hearing* is an excellent secondary source.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV>On Apr 11, 2009, at 9:22 AM, David Schwartz wrote:</DIV><BR class=3DApple-interchange-newline> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">Dear list members,</DIV> <DIV style=3D"MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">I'm looking for a collection of core/classic= readings in auditory perception to use for an upper level undergrad course I'm te= aching in the fall. I have in mind something analogous to the visual perception= collection Steve Yantis edited (<A title=3Dhttp://www.amazon.com/Visual-Perception-Key-Readings-Cognition/d= p/0863775985/ref=3Dsr_1_1?ie=3DUTF8&s=3Dbooks&qid=3D1239459553&= ;sr=3D1-1 href=3D"http://www.amazon.com/Visual-Perception-Key-Readings-Cognition/d= p/0863775985/ref=3Dsr_1_1?ie=3DUTF8&s=3Dbooks&qid=3D1239459553&= ;sr=3D1-1">http://www.amazon.com/Visual-Perception-Key-Readings-Cognition/= dp/0863775985/ref=3Dsr_1_1?ie=3DUTF8&s=3Dbooks&qid=3D1239459553&am= p;sr=3D1-1</A>). Does such a book exist? If not, what would you consider the ~10 most imp= ortant readings in the history of auditory perception research (aside, of cours= e, from your own publications).</DIV> <DIV style=3D"MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">Thanks.</DIV> <DIV style=3D"MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">David</DIV></DIV><BR> <DIV><SPAN class=3DApple-style-span style=3D"WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 18px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none;= COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING:= normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-border-= horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tex= t-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-tex= t-stroke-width: 0"> <DIV>Justin London</DIV> <DIV>Professor of Music and Other Stuff</DIV> <DIV>Carleton College</DIV> <DIV>President, Society for Music Theory</DIV> <DIV><A title=3Dmailto:jlondon@xxxxxxxx href=3D"mailto:jlondon@xxxxxxxx">jlondon@xxxxxxxx</A></DIV> <DIV>507-222-4397</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV></SPAN><BR class=3DApple-interchange-newline></DIV><BR></DIV>=3D</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE= ></DIV></FONT><br/><font style=3D"color:black;font:normal 10pt arial,san-s= erif;"> <hr style=3D"margin-top:10px"/>Hurry! 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