Profile Analysis: Auditory Intensity Discrimination

by David M. Green

Overview

This book brings together recent research on the ability of human listeners to discern changes in the shape of complex acoustic spectra. It systematically discusses issues surrounding the discrimination of a change in acoustic intensity and the physiological mechanisms responsible for this process. The book also proposes two new theories which attempt to explain spectral shape discrimination on the basis of more elementary auditory processes. The research described here is helping scientists gain a better understanding of auditory skills such as those involved in listening to music and speech.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195364231
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	10/08/1987
Series:	Oxford Psychology Series , #13
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

University of Florida

Table of Contents

1.	Early Experiments in Profile Analysis	3
2.	Intensity Discrimination	22
3.	Discrimination of a Change in Intensity Level for Sinusoidal Signals	42
4.	Some Properties of Profile Analysis	67
5.	Frequency and Relative Level Effects in Profile Analysis	81
6.	Training and Dynamic Effects	97
7.	Two Theories of Profile Analysis	111
	References	131
	Index	137

Editorial Reviews

"This version of "profile analysis" refers to the fundamental question of how we hear changes in the spectral shape of complex sounds. . . . this mongraph provides a very readable introduction. . . useful compilation. . . conveys an excitment that is appropriate to this new and important area of auditory research." —Contemporary Psychology

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