The Universal Sense: How Hearing Shapes the Mind
ISBN: 9781608190904 | 1608190900
Format: HardcoverPublisher: St Martins Pr
Pub. Date: 9/18/2012
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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 do we often fall asleep on train rides or in the car, and what does it have to do with hearing? What is it about the sound of fingernails ... MORE
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 do we often fall asleep on train rides or in the car, and what does it have to do with hearing? What is it about the sound of fingernails ... MORE
| Foreword and Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| In the Beginning Was the Boom | p. 6 |
| Spaces and Places: A Walk in the Park | p. 24 |
| Listeners of the Low End: Fish and Frogs | p. 47 |
| The High-Frequency Club | p. 73 |
| What Lies Below: Time, Attention, and Emotion | p. 94 |
| Ten Dollars to the First Person who Can Define "Music" (and Get a Musician, a Psychologist, a Compo... MORE | p. 132 |
| Sticky Ears: Soundtracks, Laugh Tracks, and Jingles All the Way | p. 163 |
| Hacking Your Brain Through Your Ears | p. 186 |
| Weapons and Weirdness | p. 216 |
| Future Noizes | p. 246 |
| You Are What You Hear | p. 272 |
| Selected Sources and Suggested Readings | p. 285 |
| Index | p. 295 |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |
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