Re: [AUDITORY] Al Bregman (Diana Deutsch )

Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] Al Bregman From: Diana Deutsch <0000011759110f57-dmarc-request@xxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 23 May 2023 22:32:29 -0700 --Apple-Mail=_3AA81B24-1F66-40B6-BEA1-2E041804F377 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Dear colleagues, This is sad news indeed. I've known Al as a good friend and colleague = for many years. His work was truly remarkable, and the study of auditory = perception owes him a huge debt of gratitude. His book 'Auditory Scene = Analysis' was responsible for a revolution of thinking - not only about = hearing, but also about perception and cognition in general. He was a = giant. =20 Diana Deutsch > On May 23, 2023, at 6:39 AM, Stephen McAdams, Prof. = <stephen.mcadams@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >=20 > Dear colleagues, > =20 > I just learned this weekend that one of the pillars of our field died = on May 18th. Al Bregman was my first and perhaps the most impactful = mentor in my career as a scientist. His deep thinking, limitless = generosity, creative mind, and unrelenting search for understanding how = we hear and listen have had far reaching influence not only on the field = of auditory perception and cognition, but in the fields of cognitive = science, cognitive neuroscience, computational modeling of hearing, = music psychology, and even the philosophy of sound more generally. He = will be sorely missed, but his thought-provoking legacy will endure. > =20 > Stephen McAdams --Apple-Mail=_3AA81B24-1F66-40B6-BEA1-2E041804F377 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D"">    <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: = 14pt;" class=3D""><br class=3D""></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span = style=3D"font-size: 14pt;" class=3D"">Dear colleagues,</span></p><p = class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt;" class=3D"">This is =  sad news indeed. I've known Al as a good friend and colleague for = many years. His work was truly remarkable, and the study of auditory perception owes him =  a huge debt of gratitude. His book 'Auditory Scene Analysis' was responsible for a revolution of thinking - not only = about hearing, but also about perception and cognition in general. He was a = giant.<o:p class=3D""></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span = style=3D"font-size: 14pt;" class=3D""> </span></p><p = class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt;" class=3D"">Diana Deutsch<o:p class=3D""></o:p></span></p> <div><br class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" = class=3D""><div class=3D"">On May 23, 2023, at 6:39 AM, Stephen McAdams, = Prof. <<a href=3D"mailto:stephen.mcadams@xxxxxxxx" = class=3D"">stephen.mcadams@xxxxxxxx</a>> wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div = class=3D"WordSection1" style=3D"page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, = 0, 0); font-family: Palatino-Roman; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; = text-decoration: none;"><div style=3D"margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; = font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D""><span lang=3D"FR" = style=3D"font-size: 11pt;" class=3D"">Dear colleagues,<o:p = class=3D""></o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0cm; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D""><span lang=3D"FR" = style=3D"font-size: 11pt;" class=3D""><o:p = class=3D""> </o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0cm; = font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-size: 11pt;" class=3D"">I just learned this weekend that = one of the pillars of our field died on May 18<sup class=3D"">th</sup>. = Al Bregman was my first and perhaps the most impactful mentor in my = career as a scientist. His deep thinking, limitless generosity, creative = mind, and unrelenting search for understanding how we hear and listen = have had far reaching influence not only on the field of auditory = perception and cognition, but in the fields of cognitive science, = cognitive neuroscience, computational modeling of hearing, music = psychology, and even the philosophy of sound more generally. He will be = sorely missed, but his thought-provoking legacy will endure.</span><span = style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt;" class=3D""><o:p = class=3D""></o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0cm; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-size: 11pt;" class=3D""> </span><span = style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt;" class=3D""><o:p = class=3D""></o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0cm; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-size: 11pt;" class=3D"">Stephen = McAdams</span></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br = class=3D""></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_3AA81B24-1F66-40B6-BEA1-2E041804F377--

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