Universität Wien

160024 PS Physiological and Psychoacoustic Foundations of Music Perception (2020W)

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 16 - Musikwissenschaft und Sprachwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 21 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Being on time for the first session is required in order to attend the course!
Attendance is limited to a max. of 21 students!
Language: german

In case of distance teaching, the first session will be held via Moodle/Bigbluebutton instead. Time and date remain the same.

  • Monday 05.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 2 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-01
  • Monday 12.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 2 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-01
  • Monday 19.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 2 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-01
  • Monday 09.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Monday 16.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Monday 23.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Monday 30.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Monday 07.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Monday 14.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Monday 11.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Monday 18.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Monday 25.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Objectives:
Students, who finish this course
1. understand the physiological and psychological processes of hearing,
2. know about the influences and restrictions on music (perception) due to the way we hear,
3. learn to process and provide scientific contents in oral form (presentation), and
4. learn to structure and summarize scientific contents in form of an articulate text.

Contents:
1. Psychoacoustic Phenomenons (Integration time frames, pitch perception, localisation, masking, etc.)
2. anatomical foundations (anatomy of the ear and auditory brain: outer, middle and inner ear, auditory pathway, auditory cortex)
3. physiology of hearing (sound perception, transmission, transduction)

Methods:
Classroom teaching:
lecture: Introduction to the course and the contents by the lecturer
discussion: critical discussion of the content.
presentation: oral presentations by the students

Distance teaching:
The open “discussion friendly” layout shall be maintained.
Therefore, the sessions will be held in Moodle/Bigbluebutton.

Assessment and permitted materials

In order to finish the course, students have to:
1. attend the sessions on a regular basis,
2. contribute actively,
3. give an oral presentation on a selected topic, and
4. deliver a written text on the same topic.

Please note: Slots in courses with continuous assessment are limited and sometimes coveted. Therefore, the following general rule applies: whoever registers and does not deregister on time(!) will receive a grade, no matter what.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Minimum requirements:
Credit as PRO: STEOP
Credit as SYS-V: STEOP + SYS
Credit as FRE: Arbeitstechniken

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE COURSE WILL BE IN GERMAN!
so there is another implicit requirement: somewhat fluent German.

Assessment:
The final grade will be based on a scoring system. A respective table will be provided and explained at the start of the semester.

Examination topics

See “Content” and “Objectives”.

Reading list

Literature (not mandatory):

For starters:
Guski, Rainer 1996. “Körperliche Ausstattung für das Hören”. In: “Wahrnehmen – Ein Lehrbuch”. Stuttgart, Kohlhammer, pp. 88–102 (Hauptbibliothek Magazin: I-1204355, Lehrbuchsammlung: PSY-645)

Hellbrück, Jürgen; Ellermeier, Wolfgang 2004. “Hören. Physiologie, Psychologie und Pathologie”. 2nd ed., Göttigen, Hogrefe (B-18944)

Spitzer, Manfred 2014. “Musik im Kopf. Hören, Musizieren, Verstehen und Erleben im neuronalen Netzwerk”. 2nd ed., Stuttgart, Schattauer (Hauptbibliothek: I-1566551)

Yost, William A. 2008. “Fundamentals of hearing. An introduction”. 5th ed., San Diego, CA, Elsevier
Acad. Press (B-13362/5.Aufl.)

more detailled but also more complex:
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Oxford Handbook of Auditory Science:
Fuchs, Paul A. (Ed.) 2010. “The Ear. The Oxford Handbook of Auditory Science”. Vol. 1, New
York, NY, Oxford Univ. Press (B-18056/1)

Rees, Adrian; Palmer, Alan R. (Eds.) 2010. “The auditory Brain. The Oxford Handbook of
Auditory Science”. Vol. 2, New York, NY, Oxford Univ. Press (B-18056/2)

Plack, Christopher J. (Ed.) 2010. “Hearing. The Oxford Handbook of Auditory Science”. Vol.
3, New York, NY, Oxford Univ. Press (B-18056/3)
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Gelfand, Staley A. 2010. “Hearing. An introduction to psychological and physiological
acoustics”. 5th ed., New York, NY, Informa Healthcare

Zwicker, Eberhard; Feldtkeller, Richard 1967. “Das Ohr als Nachrichtenempfänger”. 2nd ed.,
Stuttgart, Hirzel (FB Psychologie: 2073)

A more exhaustive list will be provided at the start of the semester.

Association in the course directory

BA: PRO, SYS-V, FRE

Last modified: Fr 12.05.2023 00:17