Connectionists: Announcing New Textbook "Auditory Neuroscience"

[Jan Schnupp]

Dear colleagues,

I am pleased to announce that MIT Press recently published our new
textbook entitled
"Auditory Neuroscience - Making Sense of Sound"

A web site with multimedia content to accompany the book is up at
http://auditoryneuroscience.com

The book, authored by Eli Nelken, Andy King and yours truly, aims to
be a synopsis of hearing research that is suitable as a textbook for a
2nd year undergraduate course in neuroscience or psychology, or for
self study by graduates or researchers who are entering the field of
hearing research from other disciplines and need to get a quick,
integrated overview. It should therefore also be suitable for computational
neuroscientists looking to develop a good working knowledge of the
neurobiology of auditory processing.

Its eight chapters cover the following topics:

fundamentals of acoustics and signal processing,
neurobiology of the ear,
psychology and physiology of pitch perception,
processing of vocalization and speech,
spatial hearing,
auditory scene analysis,
development & plasticity of the auditory system,
hearing aids and cochlear implants.

Prof Shihab Shamma had the following nice things to say about this new
book: "This book is unique in its elegant unification of a broad view
of the fundamentals of hearing with a highly sophisticated account of
the current state of auditory neuroscience. Each chapter is a
self-contained, coherent, and comprehensive account of a major
attribute or function of hearing that takes the reader through an
exciting journey of discovery, beginning with basic definitions and
ending with a balanced critique of the diverse opinions and ideas that
are typical of a lively field of investigation. In such a scientific
endeavor, this book is a valuable guide for the novice and the expert
alike."


Best wishes,

Jan

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Dr Jan Schnupp
University of Oxford
Dept. of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics
Sherrington Building - Parks Road
Oxford OX1 3PT - UK
+44-1865-272513
http://jan.schnupp.net