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Auditory and Visual Sensations

Ando, Yoichi

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Edition:	1st
Publisher:	Springer Nature
ISBN:	1-4419-0172-8 (1441901728)
ISBN-13:	978-1-4419-0172-9 (9781441901729)
Binding:	E E Book + ProQuest Ebook Central
Copyright:	2009
Publish Date:	10/09
Weight:	0.00 Lbs.
Subject Class:	ARC (Architecture)
Return Policy:	Non-Returnable.
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The subject of the book is the grounding of architectural acoustics in psychophysics (perception, listener preferences) and neuroscience (auditory function, neural correlates of perception and preference). This is the first rational-scientific approach to designing performance spaces that is based on systematic psychoacoustical observations of spatial hearing and listener preferences. Observations of the neuronal correlates of auditory qualities and listener preferences ground the theory of listener preferences in the neurophysiology of the human brain. A correlation-based model of neuronal signal processing in the central auditory system is proposed. Observed psychological and neurophysiological commonalities between auditory and visual sensations and preference patterns are presented and discussed. This book thus spans the disciplines of physics, acoustics, psychology, neurophysiology, and music production, thereby blending science and art. The reader is given a highly fleshed out strategy for architectural acoustical design that is grounded both in psychology and neuroscience. Few other works are as ambitious in attempting to understand and explain such a wide range of perceptual phenomena. This human-centered design approach can be applied to any design practice in which the goal is to optimize the experience of the design product by its users. The proposed theory shows how a unified science of human perceptual experience and preference might be both possible and useful.

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