Readings
Textbooks
Required textbook:
Moore, Brian. An Introduction to the Psychology of Hearing, 6th Ed. Emerald Group Publishing, 2012.
Previous editions are also fine. You can find previous editions of this book through HathiTrust's Emergency Temporary Access Service due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Log in with your Stanford University credentials to access their holdings.
Recommended textbook:
Schnell, Jesse. The Art of Game Design. CRC Press, 2008. Available Online
We won’t be teaching out of this textbook directly but it is a great resource that covers everything you didn’t realize you didn’t know about game design.
A good pace is to read ~2-3 chapters a week.
See the schedule for reading assignments.
Additional Reading
These papers are great reading if you’re interested in a specific topic. We will be adding more current papers to this list throughout the quarter. Many of these papers will be available in their entirety on Canvas. Feel free to select a paper from this list for your in-class paper presentation.
Enhancing the contrast
sensitivity function through action video game training.
Li R, Polat U,
Makous W, Bavelier D.
Nat
Neurosci. 2009 May;12(5):549-51. doi:
10.1038/nn.2296. Epub 2009 Mar 29.
Bavelier D, Green
CS, Han DH, Renshaw PF, Merzenich MM, Gentile DA.
Nat Rev
Neurosci. 2011 Nov 18;12(12):763-8. doi: 10.1038/nrn3135.
Reversing pathological neural
activity using targeted plasticity.
Engineer ND,
Riley JR, Seale JD, Vrana WA, Shetake JA, Sudanagunta SP, Borland MS, Kilgard
MP.
Nature. 2011
Feb 3;470(7332):101-4. doi: 10.1038/nature09656. Epub 2011 Jan 12.
Perceptual learning directs
auditory cortical map reorganization through top-down influences.
Polley DB,
Steinberg EE, Merzenich MM.
J
Neurosci. 2006 May 3;26(18):4970-82.
Predicting visual stimuli on the basis
of activity in auditory
cortices.
Meyer K, Kaplan JT, Essex
R, Webber C, Damasio H, Damasio A.
Nat
Neurosci. 2010 Jun;13(6):667-8. doi: 10.1038/nn.2533. Epub
2010 May 2.
Assessment of sensorimotor
cortical representation asymmetries and motor skills in violin players.
Schwenkreis P, El Tom S,
Ragert P, Pleger B, Tegenthoff M, Dinse HR.
Eur J
Neurosci. 2007 Dec;26(11):3291-302.
Xerri C, Merzenich MM,
Jenkins W, Santucci S.
Cereb
Cortex. 1999 Apr-May;9(3):264-76.
Auditory
cortex mapmaking: principles,
projections, and plasticity.
Schreiner CE, Winer JA.
Neuron. 2007
Oct 25;56(2):356-65. Review.
Moreno S, Marques C, Santos A, Santos M, Castro SL, Besson M.
Cereb
Cortex. 2009 Mar;19(3):712-23. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhn120. Epub 2008 Oct 1.
Cross-modal plasticity: where and
how?
Bavelier D, Neville
HJ.
Nat Rev
Neurosci. 2002 Jun;3(6):443-52. Review.
Temporal processing deficits of language-learning
impaired children ameliorated by training.
Merzenich MM, Jenkins WM,
Johnston P, Schreiner C, Miller SL, Tallal P.
Science. 1996
Jan 5;271(5245):77-81.
Improved probabilistic inference as a general learning mechanism with action video games.
Green CS, Pouget A,
Bavelier D.
Curr Biol. 2010
Sep 14;20(17):1573-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.07.040.
Action-video-game experience
alters the spatial resolution of vision.
Green CS, Bavelier D.
Psychol
Sci. 2007 Jan;18(1):88-94.
Video-game play induces plasticity in the visual
system of adults with amblyopia.
Li RW, Ngo C, Nguyen J,
Levi DM.
PLoS Biol. 2011
Aug;9(8):e1001135. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001135. Epub 2011 Aug 30.
Visual search performance with 3-D
auditory cues: effects of motion, target location, and practice.
Mclntire JP, Havig PR,
Watamaniuk SN, Gilkey RH.
Hum
Factors. 2010 Feb;52(1):41-53.
3-D Sound for Virtual Reality and Multimedia.
Begault
R., Durand
NASA Ames
Research Center, 2000.
Learning in the fast lane: new
insights into neuroplasticity.
Sagi Y, Tavor
I, Hofstetter S, Tzur-Moryosef S, Blumenfeld-Katzir T, Assaf Y.
Neuron. 2012
Mar 22;73(6):1195-203. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2012.01.025. Epub 2012 Mar 21.
Perceptual and
neuronal boundary learned from higher-order stimulus
probabilities.
Kšver H, Gill K, Tseng YT,
Bao S.
J Neurosci. 2013
Feb 20;33(8):3699-705. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3166-12.2013.
Born with an ear for dialects? Structural plasticity in the expert phonetician brain.
Golestani N, Price CJ,
Scott SK.
J
Neurosci. 2011 Mar 16;31(11):4213-20. doi:
10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3891-10.2011.
Driver J, Noesselt
T.
Neuron. 2008
Jan 10;57(1):11-23. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2007.12.013. Review.
Long-term modification of
cortical synapses improves sensory perception.
Froemke RC, Carcea I,
Barker AJ, Yuan K, Seybold BA, Martins AR, Zaika N, Bernstein H, Wachs M, Levis
PA, Polley DB, Merzenich MM, Schreiner CE.
Nat
Neurosci. 2013 Jan;16(1):79-88. doi: 10.1038/nn.3274. Epub
2012 Nov 25.