The restorative potential of soundscapes: A physiological investigation

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 96, Issue , 2015, Pages 20-26

  Medvedev, Oleg ^a   Shepherd, Daniel ^a   Hautus, Michael J ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Emotion; Physiological recordings; Soundscapes; Subjective evaluation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACOUSTIC ENVIRONMENT; EMOTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASURES; PHYSIOLOGICAL RECORDINGS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SOUNDSCAPES; SUBJECTIVE EVALUATIONS;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

EID: 84925710975     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: 1872910X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2015.03.004     Document Type: Article

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