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Noise pollution is an environmental stressor negatively affecting humans and biodiversity. Noise pollution is often measured and regulated according to loudness, but in this study, we assessed noise pollution based on human perceptions of soundscapes. We
Caren B. Cooper +3 more
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‘Soundscape’ is a crucial term to conceive how sound gives meaning to spaces and places. By filling not only time but space, sounds such as music help orientate the lives of all humans, as much as sight does.
Saldanha, Arun
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International audienceBrowsing soundscapes and sound databases generally relies on signal waveform representations, or on more or less informative textual metadata.
Guyot, Patrice, Pinquier, Julien
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Measuring the perceived restorativeness of soundscapes : is it about the sounds, the person, or the environment? [PDF]
To determine the ‘restorative aspects of sound exposure’ a reliable and valid measure is needed. A Perceived Restorativeness Soundscape Scale (PRSS), which measures the level of Fascination, Being-Away, Compatibility, and Extent (FACE), has been ...
Guastavino, Catherine +2 more
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When you are listening carefully with your eyes closed, in a church, or a forest, you engage in attentive listening. Taking a moment to visualize the world from its sounds, a complete environment begins to form, rich in emotion, memories and spatial ...
Smith, Joseph (13180725)
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Spatio-temporal suspension and imagery in popular music recordings [PDF]
Constructed spatiality and perceived imagery in popular music recordings has been in evidence since the 1930s as “a fundamentally pictorial tradition (…) reverb and echo effects deployed in combination with certain lyrics to render aural vistas” (Doyle ...
Peter Gavin Long
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Categorizing Shallow Marine Soundscapes Using Explained Clusters
Natural marine soundscapes are being threatened by increasing anthropic noise, particularly in shallow coastal waters. To preserve and monitor these soundscapes, understanding them is essential.
Clea Parcerisas +4 more
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Film music and construction of tourist imaginaries in Hollywood blockbusters
The various films of the two successful spy franchises, James Bond and Mission: Impossible, are distinguished not only by their lead actors (heroes and antagonists), but also by their geographical settings.
Marie-Hélène Chevrier, Chloé Huvet
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Noise and Music Together. Soundscapes of Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Rome
This chapter investigates the key elements of Rome’s soundscapes in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries from a diachronic perspective through an analysis of various typologies of sounds, from the ‘keynote’ and ‘low definition’ sounds of ...
Caputo S.
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Birdsongs alleviate anxiety and paranoia in healthy participants
The present study investigated the effect of urban (traffic noise) vs. natural (birdsongs) soundscapes on mood, state paranoia, and cognitive performance, hypothesizing that birdsongs lead to significant improvements in these outcomes. An additional goal
E. Stobbe +3 more
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