Psycho-Acoustic Laboratory, Harvard University
1940 - 1962
Founded in 1940 as part of an initiative to reduce noise problems experienced by bomber pilots during the War. The Psycho-Acoustic laboratory specialized in research on the physiological and psychological processes involved in sound perception. It was headed by S.S. Stevens.
During the War, the Psycho-Acoustic Laboratory collaborated extensively with another Harvard Institution, the Electro-Acoustic Laboratory headed by Leo Beranek.
During the War, the Psycho-Acoustic Laboratory collaborated extensively with another Harvard Institution, the Electro-Acoustic Laboratory headed by Leo Beranek.
For a detailed history of the Psycho-Acoustic Laboratory, see: Brandon Gary Shackelford, When Noise Signals Change: The Electro-Acoustic and Psycho-Acoustic Laboratories from 1940 to 1945. Senior Thesis, History and Science Concentration, Harvard University, 1997.