Profile Analysis
Auditory Intensity Discrimination
Published on 4. February 1988
Book
Hardback
144 pages
978-0-19-504948-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book reviews recent research on the ability of human listeners to discern changes in the shape of complex acoustic spectra--what is known as auditory profile analysis. It also discusses in a systematic way issues surrounding the discrimination of a change in acoustic intensity and the physiological mechanisms responsible for these discrimination processes. The author concludes with two new theories that provide a way of understanding more complex auditory skills, such as those involved in listening to music and speech. This book will be of interest to psychoacousticians, psychophysicists, physiological psychologists, and experimental psychologists.
Reviews / Votes
"This version of "profile analysis" refers to the fundamental question of how we hear changes in the spectral shape of complex sounds. . . . this mongraph provides a very readable introduction. . . useful compilation. . . conveys an excitment that is appropriate to this new and important area of auditory research." --Contemporary Psychology"This version of "profile analysis" refers to the fundamental question of how we hear changes in the spectral shape of complex sounds. . . . this mongraph provides a very readable introduction. . . useful compilation. . . conveys an excitment that is appropriate to this new and important area of auditory research." --Contemporary Psychology
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
figures, tables
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
375 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-504948-0 (9780195049480)
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E-Book
10/1987
1st Edition
OUP eBook
€56.49
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Content
Early experiments in profile analysis; Intensity discrimination; Discrimination of a change in intensity level for sinusoidal signals; Some properties of profile analysis; Frequency and relative level effects in profile analysis; Training and dynamic effects; Two theories of profile analysis.