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Personal Audiovisual Aptitude Influences the Interaction Between Landscape and Soundscape Appraisal

It has been established that there is an interaction between audition and vision in the appraisal of our living environment, and that this appraisal is influenced by personal factors. Here, we test the hypothesis that audiovisual aptitude influences appraisal of our sonic and visual environment. To...

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Autores principales: Sun, Kang, Echevarria Sanchez, Gemma M., De Coensel, Bert, Van Renterghem, Timothy, Talsma, Durk, Botteldooren, Dick
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5992386/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29910750
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00780
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author Sun, Kang
Echevarria Sanchez, Gemma M.
De Coensel, Bert
Van Renterghem, Timothy
Talsma, Durk
Botteldooren, Dick
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description It has been established that there is an interaction between audition and vision in the appraisal of our living environment, and that this appraisal is influenced by personal factors. Here, we test the hypothesis that audiovisual aptitude influences appraisal of our sonic and visual environment. To measure audiovisual aptitude, an auditory deviant detection experiment was conducted in an ecologically valid and complex context. This experiment allows us to distinguish between accurate and less accurate listeners. Additionally, it allows to distinguish between participants that are easily visually distracted and those who are not. To do so, two previously conducted laboratory experiments were re-analyzed. The first experiment focuses on self-reported noise annoyance in a living room context, whereas the second experiment focuses on the perceived pleasantness of using outdoor public spaces. In the first experiment, the influence of visibility of vegetation on self-reported noise annoyance was modified by audiovisual aptitude. In the second one, it was found that the overall appraisal of walking across a bridge is influenced by audiovisual aptitude, in particular when a visually intrusive noise barrier is used to reduce highway traffic noise levels. We conclude that audiovisual aptitude may affect the appraisal of the living environment.
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spelling pubmed-59923862018-06-15 Personal Audiovisual Aptitude Influences the Interaction Between Landscape and Soundscape Appraisal Sun, Kang Echevarria Sanchez, Gemma M. De Coensel, Bert Van Renterghem, Timothy Talsma, Durk Botteldooren, Dick Front Psychol Psychology It has been established that there is an interaction between audition and vision in the appraisal of our living environment, and that this appraisal is influenced by personal factors. Here, we test the hypothesis that audiovisual aptitude influences appraisal of our sonic and visual environment. To measure audiovisual aptitude, an auditory deviant detection experiment was conducted in an ecologically valid and complex context. This experiment allows us to distinguish between accurate and less accurate listeners. Additionally, it allows to distinguish between participants that are easily visually distracted and those who are not. To do so, two previously conducted laboratory experiments were re-analyzed. The first experiment focuses on self-reported noise annoyance in a living room context, whereas the second experiment focuses on the perceived pleasantness of using outdoor public spaces. In the first experiment, the influence of visibility of vegetation on self-reported noise annoyance was modified by audiovisual aptitude. In the second one, it was found that the overall appraisal of walking across a bridge is influenced by audiovisual aptitude, in particular when a visually intrusive noise barrier is used to reduce highway traffic noise levels. We conclude that audiovisual aptitude may affect the appraisal of the living environment. Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-05-22 /pmc/articles/PMC5992386/ /pubmed/29910750 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00780 Text en Copyright © 2018 Sun, Echevarria Sanchez, De Coensel, Van Renterghem, Talsma and Botteldooren. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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De Coensel, Bert
Van Renterghem, Timothy
Talsma, Durk
Botteldooren, Dick
Personal Audiovisual Aptitude Influences the Interaction Between Landscape and Soundscape Appraisal
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title_fullStr Personal Audiovisual Aptitude Influences the Interaction Between Landscape and Soundscape Appraisal
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title_short Personal Audiovisual Aptitude Influences the Interaction Between Landscape and Soundscape Appraisal
title_sort personal audiovisual aptitude influences the interaction between landscape and soundscape appraisal
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5992386/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29910750
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00780
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