Ben Vida asks a lot of questions. In fact, asking questions — and rarely expecting to find an answer — might be the central tenet of the experimental composer’s voluminous body of work. Brooklyn-based ...

Understanding psychoacoustics, how we perceive sound, can lead to better sound system designs as well as creative sound design. Let’s look at one psychoacoustic phenomenon—the precedence effect.

This collection seeks to advance our understanding of how sound is perceived and processed by biological systems, with a particular focus on the cognitive and psychological mechanisms underpinning ...

So far in this book we have considered acoustics and psychoacoustics as separate topics. However, real applications often require the combination of the two because although the psychoacoustics tells ...

Do our brains process natural voices and deepfake voices differently? Research conducted at the University of Zurich indicates that this is the case. In a new study, researchers have identified two ...