An Introduction to the Psychology of Hearing

by Brian C.J. Moore

350p violet paperback, from a Cambridge college library with clear adhesive wrapper and remains of label on spine, bookplate and barcode to endpaper, pages unmarked, binding firm, still very good, this copy published in the year 1989

Genres: Science, Psychology, Textbooks, Research

384 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1977

Reviews

[Loonan]

The reference, but pretty complex

[Mel]

I feel bad giving this 2 stars when the author clearly knows his stuff. Lots of descriptions of experiments untangling how the processes of hearing work. There's definitely some interesting stuff in here but I was hoping for something a little more to do with the higher level processes of listening and hearing.

Example:
"Most methods for estimating the shape of the auditory filter at a given center frequency are based on the assumptions of the power spectrum model of masking. The detection threshold of a signal whose frequency is fixed is measured in the presence of a masker whose spectral content is varied. It is assumed, as a first approximation, that the signal is detected using the single auditory filter that is centered on the frequency of the signal and that threshold corresponds to a constant ratio of signal power to masker power at the output of that filter."