Perception of soundscapes: An interdisciplinary approach

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 224-231

  Davies, William J ^a   Adams, Mags D ^a   Bruce, Neil S ^a   Cain, Rebecca ^b   Carlyle, Angus ^c   Cusack, Peter ^c   Hall, Deborah A ^d,e   Hume, Ken I ^f   Irwin, Amy ^d   Jennings, Paul ^b   Marselle, Melissa ^a   Plack, Christopher J ^g   Poxon, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c member of the Photography and the Archive Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d MRC INSTITUTE OF HEARING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotion; Noise; Perception; Soundscape; Soundwalk

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE EFFECTS; DESCRIPTORS; EMOTION; FOCUS GROUPS; LISTENING TESTS; NOISE; PRINCIPAL DIMENSIONS; SOUND SOURCE; SOUNDSCAPES; SOUNDWALK;

OIL TANKERS; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84867574688     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2012.05.010     Document Type: Article

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