A computational model of auditory attention for use in soundscape research

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 852-861

  Oldoni, Damiano ^a   De Coensel, Bert ^a   Boes, Michiel ^a   Rademaker, Michaël ^a   De Baets, Bernard ^a   Van Renterghem, Timothy ^a   Botteldooren, Dick ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY ATTENTION; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL SOUNDS; OUTDOOR SPACE; PERCEPTUAL EFFECTS; SOUNDSCAPES; URBAN SOUNDSCAPE;

ACOUSTICS;

PHYSICS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ATTENTION; CITY PLANNING; HEARING; HUMAN; NOISE; PERCEPTION; RESEARCH; URBAN POPULATION;

ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CITY PLANNING; HUMANS; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; RESEARCH; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84880458773     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4807798     Document Type: Article

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