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In Reply to: RE: Well now, who knew Neuroscientists even cared! posted by Jonesy on August 11, 2015 at 11:49:16
The article does not bother with any references or attributions for the assertion. I doubt if neuroscientists, as such, really care. I don't know of any colleagues, over my decades in the field, who had any professional interest in such issues.
OTOH, there are neuroscientists who are audiophiles and might be interested in pursuing relevant issues but where is the funding? The research costs money. Most basic Neuro research is supported by the NIH and, as a citizen, I would be outraged to find that they would spend my tax moneys on this.
The only parties interested in this are audio/technology businesses (who conduct their research in house) and us.
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I'd be far less interested in these questions. True, audio is my primary interest, but the whole question of technology and how it mediates aesthetic experience is to me fundamental and interesting. Questions about the subtleties of perception and how various influences affect it--also broadly interesting (and relevant to audiophilia). From the little bit of neuroscience I know, I find it subliminal noise could raise anxiety levels, for example. That could be important for human health.
Also, while the music industry isn't as big as it once was, it's still not tiny. Surely they're interested to know whether their technology is alienating their customer base. Reminds me of Infinite Jest (the novel), in which the TV industry, in decline and in desperate financial straits, sold a huge ad campaign to the American Maxillofacial Pain Foundation (or some such organization). TV started broadcasting footage of bad toothaches 24/7.
With Loudness Wars and low-rez MP3s, the music industry has sometimes seemed to be on a similar path.
jca
McGill has a lot of crossover programs between music and audio, so it's logical (to me, anyway) that they would back research like this.
The head speaker-designer/Tonmeister at B&O, Geoff Martin, is a Canadian with multiple degrees from McGill in both music and audio.
McGill is a real center for this research supports the work as an important function. However, I doubt if McGill can support it without external funding.
Yeah, I visited Geoff in May. Great guy and very knowledgeable.
Hey Kal,
I looked into this and found that Daniel Levintin is "investigating the difference in perception of audio quality formats, specifically, whether listeners can hear the difference between mp3, wav, and super-audio high resolution digital formats (funded by the Grammy Foundation)" at McGill University.
I'm not saying this is the research referenced in the LA Times article but it's something.
Michael Lavorgna
Editor, AudioStream.com
...for those who are not familiar.
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