Multisensory assessment of acoustic comfort aboard metros: A virtual reality study

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 757-767

  Iachini, Tina ^a   Maffei, Luigi ^a   Ruotolo, Francesco ^a   Senese, Vincenzo Paolo ^a   Ruggiero, Gennaro ^a   Masullo, Massimiliano ^a   Alekseeva, Natalia ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY WORDS DISCRIMINATION; BACKWARD COUNTING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; REY TEST; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; VERBAL FLUENCY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84866458391     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.2856     Document Type: Article

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