Basic semantics of product sounds

International Journal of Design

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 41-54

  Özcan, Elif ^a   van Egmond, René ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emotion; Pleasantness; Product sounds; Psychoacoustics; Semantics; Sound design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866138471     PISSN: 19913761     EISSN: 1994036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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