Subject: New book From: Harold Fiske <hfiske(at)UWO.CA> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 13:34:55 -0500This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_ii2NWZLAl1TOUzeqiLgH4Q) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT I am pleased to announce the publication of my latest book, Connectionist Models of Musical Thinking. Briefly, the book explores a series of neural network models designed to represent music listening processes. Backpropagation, Adaptive Resonance Theory, and other connectionist procedures are used to model melodic perception, interpretation, and expression. the history and theory of neural network research is presented and development and construction of the music models is discussed in sufficient detail to interest both specialists and non-specialists. A series of listening experiments involving human participants demonstrates the models' validity. The book considers how neural network models can be used to bridge bottom-up and top-down theories of music perception and cognition in addressing questions such as musical imagery, memory and learning, lateral thinking and understanding. The book is intended for music researchers and graduate students in the fields of music psychology, artificial intelligence and neural network theory, music theory, music cognitive philosophy, and music education. For more information go to: www.mellenpress.com Order information: The Edwin Mellen Press, Order Fulfillment Dept., PO Box 450, Lewiston, NY, 14092-0450 e-mail: cservice(at)mellenpress.com Tel: (716)754-2788 Fax: (716)754-1860 Regards to all, Harold Fiske Faculty of Music University of Western Ontario London, Ontario N6A 3K7 CANADA --Boundary_(ID_ii2NWZLAl1TOUzeqiLgH4Q) Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-disposition: inline Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 13:30:02 -0500 From: Harold Fiske <hfiske(at)uwo.ca> Subject: New book X-Sender: "Harold Fiske" <hfiske(at)smtp.uwo.ca> To: connectionists(at)cs.cmu.edu Message-id: <41FE792A.B1E37E19(at)uwo.ca> Organization: University of Western Ontario MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en]C-CCK-MCD {University of Western Ontario} (Win98; I) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Accept-Language: en I am pleased to announce the publication of my latest book, Connectionist Models of Musical Thinking. Briefly, the book explores a series of neural network models designed to represent music listening processes. Backpropagation, Adaptive Resonance Theory, and other connectionist procedures are used to model melodic perception, interpretation, and expression. the history and theory of neural network research is presented and development and construction of the music models is discussed in sufficient detail to interest both specialists and non-specialists. A series of listening experiments involving human participants demonstrates the models' validity. The book considers how neural network models can be used to bridge bottom-up and top-down theories of music perception and cognition in addressing questions such as musical imagery, memory and learning, lateral thinking and understanding. The book is intended for music researchers and graduate students in the fields of music psychology, artificial intelligence and neural network theory, music theory, music cognitive philosophy, and music education. For more information go to: www.mellenpress.com Order information: The Edwin Mellen Press, Order Fulfillment Dept., PO Box 450, Lewiston, NY, 14092-0450 e-mail: cservice(at)mellenpress.com Tel: (716)754-2788 Fax: (716)754-1860 Regards to all, Harold Fiske Faculty of Music University of Western Ontario London, Ontario N6A 3K7 CANADA --Boundary_(ID_ii2NWZLAl1TOUzeqiLgH4Q)--