Subject: Re: introductory reading on auditory perception From: William Yost <WYOST@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 12:23:03 -0600 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>At the risk of self promotion. Fundamentals of Hearing: An Introduction (5th Edition), Elsevier Press, has just come out and about half the book is on sensation and perception. William A. Yost, PhD Professor of Psychology Parmly Hearing Institute Loyola University Chicago 6525 N. Sheridan Rd. Chicago, IL 60201 Office: 773-508-2713 Fax: 773-508-2719 wyost@xxxxxxxx www.parmly.luc.edu >>> Ingrid Johnsrude <ij4@xxxxxxxx> 1/11/2007 11:31:12 AM >>> Hi Erin, I use chapters out of Chris Plack's book 'The Sense of Hearing'. (Lawrence Erlbaum) for precisely this. The book is short, engagingly written, accurate, and up to date -- published 2005. Its also softcover, so reasonably inexpensive and practical for students to buy. Ingrid Erin E. Hannon wrote: > Dear Colleagues, > I was hoping someone might be able to recommend readings to me. I need > to find some good chapters and/or review papers that would be > appropriate for a one-shot introduction to auditory perception in a > seminar of graduate student who specialize in other areas (i.e., vision, > memory, language). Most readings I've thought of are too long, too > specialized, or too old. I thought I'd see if anyone on the list has > better suggestions. > Thanks very much! > Erin. > -- Ingrid Johnsrude, PhD Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience Department of Psychology Queen’s University Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6 Canada Tel: 1 613 533 6009 Fax: 1 613 533 2499 e-mail: Ingrid.johnsrude@xxxxxxxx http://psyc.queensu.ca/faculty/johnsrude