The universal sense : how hearing shapes the mind / Seth S. Horowitz.

New York : Bloomsbury, [2012], ©2012.

xiv, 305 pages ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-293) and index.

In the beginning was the boom -- Spaces and places : a walk in the park -- Listeners of the low end : fish and frogs -- The high-frequency club -- What lies below : time, attention, and emotion -- Ten dollars to the first person who can define "music" (and get a musician, a psychologist, a composer, a neuroscientist, and someone listening to an iPod to agree) -- Sticky ears : soundtracks, laugh tracks, and jingles all the way -- Hacking your brain through your ears -- Weapons and weirdness -- Future noizes -- You are what you hear.