Subject: Re: Core readings in auditory perception From: Brian Gygi <bgygi@xxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:23:46 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>----=_vm_0011_W2613927920_32289_1239726226 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Just out of curiousity, what was the OTHER type of reader Harris had in m= ind (presumably one with no bottle of switchel, nor an orchard to sip it = in)? Brian -----Original Message----- From: Tollin, Daniel [mailto:Daniel.Tollin@xxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 09:13 AM To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Core readings in auditory perception 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 swit= chel 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, o= r 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 Cree= lman's copy of this book, which I found at a used book store several year= s ago. Doug: Why did you part with this gem?Daniel J. Tollin, PhDAssistan= t Professor University of Colorado Health Sciences CenterDepartment of Ph= ysiology and Biophysics/Mail Stop 8307Research Complex 1-N, Rm 712012800 = East 19th AvePO Box 6511Aurora, CO 80045 Tel: 303-724-0625Fax: 303-724-45= 01-----Original Message-----From: AUDITORY - Research in Auditory Percept= ion [mailto:AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx On Behalf Of Bob CarlyonSent: Sunda= y, April 12, 2009 12:40 PMTo: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx: Re: Core r= eadings in auditory perceptionDear David,The only one I know of is the ra= ther outdated collection, with a charmingly eccentric introduction, by J.= Donald Harris, entitled something like "Forty Germinal Papers in Hearing= ".I doubt, though, that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...cheersbobDavid Schwartz= wrote:> Dear list members,>> I'm looking for a collection of core/classi= c readings in auditory > perception to use for an upper level undergrad c= ourse I'm teaching in > the fall. I have in mind something analogous to t= he visual perception > collection Steve Yantis edited > (http://www.amazo= n.com/Visual-Perception-Key-Readings-Cognition/dp/0863775985/ref=3Dsr_1_1= ?ie=3DUTF8&s=3Dbooks&qid=3D1239459553&sr=3D1-1). > Does such a book exist= ? If not, what would you consider the ~10 most > important readings in th= e history of auditory perception research > (aside, of course, from your = own publications).>> Thanks.>> David-- Dr. Bob CarlyonMRC Cognition & Bra= in Sciences Unit15 Chaucer RdCambridge CB2 7EFEnglandTel: +44 1223 355294= Fax: +44 1223 359062www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/hearing ----=_vm_0011_W2613927920_32289_1239726226 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html>Just out of curiousity, what was the OTHER type of reader Harris ha= d in mind (presumably one with no bottle of switchel, nor an orchard to s= ip it in)?<br><br>Brian<br><div><font color=3D"#0000ff" face=3D"Verdana" = size=3D"2"></font> </div> <blockquote style=3D"border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 255); padding-left:= 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;"><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D= "2">-----Original Message-----<br><b>From:</b> Tollin, Daniel [mailto:Dan= iel.Tollin@xxxxxxxx<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 13, 2009 09:13 AM<= br><b>To:</b> AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: Core readin= gs in auditory perception<br><br></font>Hi, There are indeed some real nuggets in Harris' Preface that begin his Fo= rty 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 l= oves 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. I= n such a fructiparous setting, who would not relish leafing and re-leafin= g the pages of the first memorable volumes of the Acoustical Society jour= nal, or one of Seashore's charming Iowa Monographs of 1899 on the psychol= ogy 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 g= em? Daniel J. Tollin, PhD Assistant Professor University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Department of Physiology and Biophysics/Mail Stop 8307 Research Complex 1-N, Rm 7120 12800 East 19th Ave PO Box 6511 Aurora, CO 80045 Tel: 303-724-0625 Fax: 303-724-4501 -----Original Message----- From: AUDITORY - Research in Auditory Perception [mailto:AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx= CGILL.CA] On Behalf Of Bob Carlyon Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 12:40 PM To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Core readings in auditory perception 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 i= n > the fall. I have in mind something analogous to the visual perceptio= n > collection Steve Yantis edited > (http://www.amazon.com/Visual-Perception-Key-Readings-Cognition/dp/0= 863775985/ref=3Dsr_1_1?ie=3DUTF8&s=3Dbooks&qid=3D1239459553&s= r=3D1-1). > 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 -- Dr. Bob Carlyon MRC Cognition & Brain Sciences Unit 15 Chaucer Rd Cambridge CB2 7EF England Tel: +44 1223 355294 Fax: +44 1223 359062 www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/hearing </blockquote></html> ----=_vm_0011_W2613927920_32289_1239726226--