Current Research

Useful Field Of View: We are investigating the influence of the urban soundscape on the useful field of view task. We expect to show that our ability to detect objects in the visual periphery is influenced by the soundscape and that variability in performance is not determined by intensity alone. Playback of sound field recordings has been calibrated so as to correspond with sound level readings taken at each recording site.

Related Research

Urban soundscapes: Experiences and knowledge- Manon Raimbault and Danièle Dubois

Personal noise ranking of road traffic: Subjective estimation versus physiological parameters under laboratory conditions- Reinhard B. Raggam, Michael Cik, Robert R. Holdrich,Kurt Fallast, Eugen Gallasch, Martin Fend, Andreas Lackner, and Egon Marth

The Blues Broaden, but the Nasty Narrows: Attentional Consequences of Negative Affects Low and High in Motivational Intensity- Philip Gable and Eddie Harmon-Jones

A Cognitive Approach to Urban Soundscapes: Using Verbal Data to Access Everyday Life Auditory Categories- Danièle Dubois, Catherine Guastavino, and Manon Raimbault

Similarity and categorization of environmental sounds- Brian Gygi, Gary R. Kidd, and Charles S. Watson