The universal sense how hearing shapes the mind
"Every day, we are beset by millions of sounds-ambient ones like the rumble of the train and the hum of air conditioner, as well as more pronounced sounds, such as human speech, music, and sirens. But how do we process what we hear every day? This book answers such revealing questions as: Why d...
| Main Author: | Horowitz, Seth S. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Bloomsbury,
c2012.
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Table of Contents:
- In the beginning was the boom
- Spaces and places : a walk in the park
- Listeners of the low end : fish and frogs
- The high-frequency club
- What lies below : time, attention, and emotion
- Ten dollars to the first person who can define "music" (and get a musician, a psychologist, a composer, a neuroscientist, and someone listening to an iPod to agree)
- Sticky ears : soundtracks, laugh tracks, and jingles all the way
- Hacking your brain through your ears
- Weapons and weirdness
- Future noizes
- You are what you hear.