Readings

The following references expand on many of the topics addressed here. Where pdfs are freely available from the author, I include copies if I have them. If you believe something ought not to be here, or something very important is missing, please email me at fred dot cummins at ucd dot ie.

Auditory Group Theory with Applications to Statistical Basis Methods for Structured Audio M. A. Casey (1998) Available here In the first chapter, Casey attempts a mathematical treatment which aspires to capture ecologically relevant aspects of complex natural sound event structure. This chapter provides a quick introduction to ecological acoustics
What in the world do we hear?: An ecological approach to auditory event perception W. W. Gaver Ecological Psychology 5 1--29 (1993) . One of two classic papers which make an early attempt to define the field of ecological acoustics.
How do we hear in the world?: Explorations in ecological acoustics W. W. Gaver Ecological Psychology 5 285--313 (1993) . The second.
Auditory perception of breaking and bouncing events: {A} case study in ecological acoustics W. H. Warren and R. R. Verbrugge Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance 10 704--712 (1984) . Seminal case study in which the higher level temporal structure of breaking and bouncing events are shown to be independent of the spectral detail of their components.