DIANA DEUTSCH
Musical Illusions and Paradoxes
1995 CD
Philomel Records
001
Diana Deutsch is Emeritus Professor in the Psychology Department at the University of California, San Diego, and Adjunct Professor at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, in the Music Department at Stanford University. She is internationally known for the musical illusions and paradoxes that she discovered; these include the octave illusion, the scale illusion, the glissando illusion, the tritone paradox, the cambiata illusion, the phantom words illusion and the speech-to-song illusion, among others. She also explores memory for music, and how we relate the sounds of music and speech to each other. In addition she studies absolute pitch - why some people possess it, and why it is so rare.
"This CD is absolutely mind-boggling. Diana is, in effect, hosting a magical mystery tour of your own brain, and believe me, it's quite a ride." - Ian Rowland
CD is out of print and hard to find at a reasonable price. EXCELLENT condition, completely play-tested.