Audio-visual interaction and perceptual assessment of water features used over road traffic noise

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Galbrun, Laurent ^a   Calarco, Francesca M A ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDIO ACOUSTICS; NOISE POLLUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; ROADS AND STREETS; SEMANTICS; SENSORY PERCEPTION; SOUND REPRODUCTION;

AUDIO-VISUAL INTERACTIONS; INTER-DEPENDENCES; PAIRED COMPARISON; PERCEPTUAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE; SEMANTIC ATTRIBUTE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

WATER;

ADULT; AFFECT; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; TRAFFIC NOISE; VISION;

ADULT; AFFECT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RELAXATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WATER;

EID: 84920836308     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4897313     Document Type: Article

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