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Books and Publications
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Book Title: Computational Models of the Auditory System
Editors: R. Meddis, E. A. Lopez-Poveda, A. N. Popper and R. R. Fay Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 978-1-4419-1370-8
Pages: 350
Chapters: 7
Binding: Hardcover
Volume 35 in the Springer Handbook of Auditory Research series, Computational Models of the Auditory, has at its unifying theme a systems approach where the focus is on studies whose intent is to contribute to the big picture of hearing function. Models have always been a spe- cial feature of hearing research. The particular models described in this book are special because they seek to bridge the gap between physiology and psychophysics and ask how the psychology of hearing can be understood in terms of what we already know about the anato- my and physiology of the auditory system. However, although we now have a great deal of detailed information about the outer, middle, and inner ear as well as an abundance of new facts concerning individual components of the auditory brainstem and cortex, models of indi- vidual anatomically defined components cannot, in themselves, explain hearing. Instead, it is necessary to model the system as a whole if we are to understand how man and animals extract useful information from the auditory environment. A general theory of hearing that integrates all relevant physiological and psychophysical knowledge is not yet available but it is the goal to which all of the authors of this volume are contributing
Book Title: Auditory Perception of Sound Sources Editors: W. A. Yost, A. N. Popper, A. N., and R. R. Fay Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 978-0-387-71304-5
Pages: 332
Chapters: 11
Binding: Hardcover
Auditory Perception of Sound Sources, volume 29 in the Springer Handbook of Auditory Research series, covers higher-level auditory and perceptual processes. The volume proceeds from the idea that what we hear are not sounds as much as sound sources. The chapters, all written by experts in the field, describe how humans and other animals perceive the entities that are the many sound sources existing in the world. This book provides an overview of areas of current research involved with understanding how sound-source determination and segregation processes operate. This book focuses on psychophysics and perception in humans and animals as well as being relevant to basic auditory research.
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