Education:
M.S., University of Michigan - 1970 (Mathematics)
Ph.D., Yale University - 1968 (Psychology, Physiological)
Areas of Expertise:
Experimental research and modeling in sensory processes (particularly mechanisms of hearing). Hypnotic alterations of perception and techniques of psychotherapy (based on perspectives of psychodynamic, behavioral and cognitive theory) with emphasis on clinical hypnotherapy.
Books and Publications
Osman, E. and H. Tzuo. "Binaural Image Position Distributions for Phase-shifted Low Frequency Tone Bursts." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 130: 302-11. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2011
Osman, E., H. Tzuo and P.L. Tzuo. "Binaural Masking of Tones by Tones: Effects of Uncertainty Regarding the Phase Angle of Addition of Signal to Masker." Perception and Psychophysics 31.6: 567-72. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 1982
Osman, E., P.L. Tzuo and H. Tzuo. "On the Detection of a Brief Signal in the Temporal Center of a Noise Masker of Varying Duration." Perception and Psychophysics 30.4: 372-74. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 1981
Osman, E., H. Tzuo and P.L. Tzuo. "Weber's Law, the Near Miss, and Binaural Detection." Perception and Psychophysics 28.4: 354-64. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 1980
Bookbinder, J. and E. Osman. "Attentional Strategies in Dichotic Listening." Memory and Cognition 7.6: 511-20. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 1979
"Signal Noise Duration, Psychophysical Procedure, Interaural Configuration, and the Psychometric Function." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 58: 243-48. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 1975
Osman, E., H. Tzuo and P.L. Tzuo. "Theoretical Analysis of Detection of Monaural Signals as a Function of Interaural Noise Correlation and Signal Frequency." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 57: 939-42. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 1975
"Correlation Model of Binaural Detection: Interaural Amplitude Ratio and Phase Variation for Signal." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 54: 386-89. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 1973
Osman, E., P.N. Schacknow and P.L. Tzuo. "Psychometric Functions and a Correlation Model of Binaural Detection." Perception and Psychophysics 14.2: 371-74. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 1973
"A Correlation Model of Binaural Masking Level Differences." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 50: 1494-1511. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 1971
Osman, E. and R. Galambos. "Activation of Auditory Cortex by Clicks After Bilateral Lesions of the Brachium of the Inferior Colliculus." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 42: 512-14. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 1967
Osman, E. and D.H. Raab. "Temporal Masking of Clicks by Noise Bursts." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 35: 1939-41. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 1963
Raab, D.H., E. Osman and E. Rich. "Effects of Waveform Correlation and Signal Duration on Detection of Noise Bursts in Continuous Noise." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 35: 1942-46. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 1963
Raab, D.H. and E. Osman. "Effect of Masking Noise on Lateralization and Loudness of Clicks." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 34: 1620-24. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 1962
Raab, D.H. and E. Osman. "Magnitude Estimation of the Loudness of Clicks." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 34: 1658. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 1962
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
CUNY Faculty Research Award Program: 1971-72, 1972-73, 1973-74, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1991-92, 1994-95, 1998-99. (Grants and Fellowships) 1999
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare (P.H.S.) National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke: 1971-73, 1974-77, 1977-82. (Grants and Fellowships) 1982
Other Professional Activities
Continuing psychotherapy practice with extensive use of hypnosis. Techniques are applied primarily for anxiety disorders, mood disorders, adjustment disorders and somatoform disorders (including pain disorder) in a strictly clinical setting. 2013
Licensed psychologist, state of New Jersey. 1981
Licensed psychologist, state of New York. 1975
