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Anthropogenic Noise Source and Intensity Effects on Mood and Relaxation in Simulated Park Environments

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2020
Research on human caused sound has shown a wide range of effects in outdoor environments as well as laboratory simulations of those environments. Aircraft noise, ground traffic, and human voices have all been shown to lower scenic evaluation ratings and ...
Jacob A. Benfield   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Context‐centric proactive information delivery for Knowledge Work support: Opportunities, challenges, and directions. An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Context‐centric proactive information delivery (PID) is a relatively underexplored domain within recommender systems (RS) aimed at enhancing Knowledge Workers' productivity by proactively providing relevant information during digital tasks.
Mahta Bakhshizadeh   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban park soundscapes and their perceived restorativeness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Individual sounds and soundscapes can influence individuals, their place evaluations and potentially their psychological restoration. As urban park soundscapes can vary greatly, ranging from quiet, serene oases to noisy city spaces, it is important to ...
Payne, Sarah R., Payne, Sarah R
core  

Enhancing authenticity in historic districts via soundscape design

open access: yesHeritage Science
Historic districts play an important role in urban planning and protection. While previous research on soundscapes has focused on acoustic comfort or preferences in these districts, the aspect of authenticity has been somewhat overlooked. Therefore, this
Yiming Hu, Qi Meng, Mengmeng Li, Da Yang
doaj   +1 more source

The Importance of Listening to Mud [PDF]

open access: yesKronos
Mud is one of the most commonplace substances, but it defies attempts to describe it. Mud can be thought of as an archive in miniature, holding secrets about environmental change in deep time.
Simon Connor, Rufus Maculuve
doaj   +1 more source

Metaphors of Tinnitus as an Acoustic Environment

open access: yesNJES: Nordic Journal of English studies, 2022
This paper is a qualitative study of metaphors at the levels of lexico-encyclopedic conceptual (LEC) metaphors (Johansson Falck 2018, forthc.) in nineteenth-century medical records of tinnitus and hearing disorders by English-speaking (the UK and the US)
Elena Glotova, Marlene Johansson Falck
doaj   +1 more source

Creating space(s) for learning in prison: Developing an andragogical framework

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Learning in prison is too often excluded from wider discussions of educational experiences, processes and impact. This paper proposes, for the first time, an iterative andragogical framework to conceptualise learning spaces within prison contexts.
Morwenna Bennallick   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessments of Urban Soundscapes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Soundscape refers to the acoustic environment perceived by humans within a given context. This chapter introduces the assessment of urban soundscapes based on recent research conducted in Seoul, South Korea.
Joo Young Hong   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Audio Files - Driving simulator soundscapes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
To prevent drivers from taking over control in the vehicle from an autopilot when there is no need to do so, the degradation of experience may need to be compensated for. One way to do so maybe by offering proper soundscapes.
Le Blanc, Joep J.   +5 more
core   +3 more sources

Soundscape Podcast: Reimagining the Museum Experience at MOMus Contemporary

open access: yesEx-centric Narratives: Journal of Anglophone Literature, Culture and Media
This research paper aims to create a podcast consisting of soundscapes as an alternative way to live the museum experience. The particular podcast is based on the museum of contemporary art of MOMus (Metropolitan Organization of Museums of Visual Arts of
Elena Ignatiadou
doaj   +1 more source

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