Listening to urban soundscapes: Physiological validity of perceptual dimensions

Psychophysiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 258-268

  Irwin, Amy ^a   Hall, Deborah A ^a,b   Peters, Andrew ^c   Plack, Christopher J ^d  

^a MRC INSTITUTE OF HEARING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; FMRA PET MRI; Heart rate; Normal volunteers; Sensation perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AUDITORY CORTEX; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOUND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951778981     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2010.01051.x     Document Type: Article

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