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[Paul Mather]

On 22 Jul 2008, at 8:37 PM, Mary Sullivan wrote:

> My real interest in psychoacoustics is to change states of mind,  
> especially
> my own, and induce relaxation.

I think there is a confusion of terminology here.  As I understand it,  
"psychoacoustics" is the field that studies the psychophysics of  
hearing, i.e., the limits that the biology and operation of the human  
ear places upon the ability to perceive sounds.  What you seem to be  
talking about is how sound affects higher-order brain functioning.   
This may well fall under the umbrella of psychoacoustics but it's not  
what springs to my mind when the term is used.

Still, it's all interesting.

Cheers (and heartfelt condolences),

Paul.

e-mail: paul at gromit.dlib.vt.edu

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