Re: Core readings in auditory perception

[Brian Gygi <bgygi@xxxxxxxxx>]

Just out of curiousity, what was the OTHER type of reader Harris had in mind (presumably one with no bottle of switchel, nor an orchard to sip it in)?

Brian

 

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> From: Tollin, Daniel [mailto:Daniel.Tollin@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
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> Hi,
>   There are indeed some real nuggets in Harris' Preface that begin his Forty Germinal Papers in Human Hearing.  Here is the opening paragraph.
>
> "It is customary on occasions such as this to define the diners for whom the feast is spread.  I had two types of reader in mind.  One is he who loves to lie in a hammock in his orchard of a summer afternoon, a glass of switchel in one hand and a good book on psychoacoustics in the other.  In such a fructiparous setting, who would not relish leafing and re-leafing the pages of the first memorable volumes of the Acoustical Society journal, or one of Seashore's charming Iowa Monographs of 1899 on the psychology of music."
>
> It just gets better from there on.
>
> By the way, I have Douglas Creelman's copy of this book, which I found at a used book store several years ago.  Doug: Why did you part with this gem?
>
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> From: AUDITORY - Research in Auditory Perception [mailto:AUDITORY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob Carlyon
> Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 12:40 PM
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> Subject: Re: Core readings in auditory perception
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> Dear David,
>
> The only one I know of is the rather outdated collection, with a
> charmingly eccentric introduction,  by J. Donald Harris, entitled
> something like "Forty Germinal Papers in Hearing".
> I doubt, though, that Amazon have it in stock...
>
> cheers
>
> bob
>
> 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).
> > 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
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