Auditory and Visual Interaction in the Aesthetic Evaluation of Environment

Kuwano, Sonoko; Namba, Seiichiro; Hayashi, Yuki; Komatsu, Masafumi; Kato, Tohru

doi:10.2190/mdf0-1cne-y4uw-vnqn

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“…Scenes with cars gave negative impressions. Visual masking by green plants seemed effective in reducing negative impression of road traffic noise (Kuwano et al, 2001). Morinaga, Aono, Kuwano, and Kato (2003) also found that perceived pleasantness of a virtual water space is more influenced by visual than auditory information, especially when audio and visual cues are perceived more differently (more ambiguous).…”

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“…Furthermore, in the audio-visual context, visual cues seem to have more weight in the integrated appraisals than audio cues, when presented together. For instance, in a setting where participants had to rate the pleasantness of the environment (nature vs. traffic) presented as an image, an audio track, or both, it appeared that a scenery with green plants improved the environment rating even if shown as image only (Kuwano, Namba, Komatsu, Kato, & Hayashi, 2001). Scenes with cars gave negative impressions.…”

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Emotional Responses to Multisensory Environmental Stimuli

Schreuder¹,

Erp²,

Toet³

et al. 2016

Sage Open

128

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How we perceive our environment affects the way we feel and behave. The impressions of our ambient environment are influenced by its entire spectrum of physical characteristics (e.g., luminosity, sound, scents, temperature) in a dynamic and interactive way. The ability to manipulate the sensory aspects of an environment such that people feel comfortable or exhibit a desired behavior is gaining interest and social relevance. Although much is known about the sensory effects of individual environmental characteristics, their combined effects are not a priori evident due to a wide range of non-linear interactions in the processing of sensory cues. As a result, it is currently not known how different environmental characteristics should be combined to effectively induce desired emotional and behavioral effects. To gain more insight into this matter, we performed a literature review on the emotional effects of multisensory stimulation. Although we found some interesting mechanisms, the outcome also reveals that empirical evidence is still scarce and haphazard. To stimulate further discussion and research, we propose a conceptual framework that describes how environmental interventions are likely to affect human emotional responses. This framework leads to some critical research questions that suggest opportunities for further investigation.

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Section: External Assessment Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: External Assessment Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

Emotional Responses to Multisensory Environmental Stimuli

Schreuder¹,

Erp²,

Toet³

et al. 2016

Sage Open

128

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“…After presenting each stimulus, subjects were asked to judge the impression using a 7-point semantic differential scale, with 15 pairs of adjectives selected on the basis of former studies (Komatsu et al, 2001;Kuwano et al, 2001;Namba & Kuwano, 1998). The adjective scale is shown in Table 2.…”

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Psychological Evaluation of Waterside Space Using Audio-Visual Information

Morinaga

Aono

Kuwano

et al. 2003

Empirical Studies of the Arts

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In order to investigate the effect of water sound on subjective impression, an experiment on the evaluation of the waterside space using audio-visual information was conducted. The interaction of audio-visual information and the relation between the physical characteristics of sound from water and the impression were examined. The experiment consisted of three conditions; only sound was presented in condition A, only visual image in condition V, and both sound and visual image in condition A+V. Impressions were estimated using the semantic differential. The results showed that the visual images have a great effect on the impression of waterside space and that as the sound pressure level of low frequency components becomes higher, the sound tends to be perceived as being more unpleasant.

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“…In addition, Hashimoto and Hatano (2001) suggested that image presentation could mitigate the annoyance of vehicle noises, which is quite powerful to the extent that increasing the noise level by more than 10 dB was required to bring about the equivalent reaction in the absence of image. Kuwano et al (2001) reported that audio-visual interaction affected not only the volume of sound but aesthetic evaluations of listeners and at this moment, the green leaves of trees played an important role. And Iwamiya et al (2000) put forth that adding music has influence upon the impression of a given landscape or space, and that accounts for such the positive synergy of landscape and music as resonance.…”

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The Psychological Effect of Visual and Auditory Stimuli on the Road Traffic Noise Perception

Jang

Shin

Song

et al. 2008

JHES

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Several studies on audio-visual interactions have shown that the visual stimulus can influence loudness of traffic noise. And it was shown that the auditory stimulus such as music in the street can reduce the road traffic noise perception. On the base of these results, a series of experimental studies were carried out and reviewed the psychological effect of visual and auditory stimuli on the perception of road traffic noise.The first experiment was designed to assess the visual effect of twelve roadsides with different landscapes on the road traffic noise perception. As a result, approx. 3 to 5 dB(A) of psychological reduction was seen in places where natural landscape was preferred, compared to the others, although the noise levels were similar. The second experiment was designed to evaluate the effect of visual screening from adjacent roads on road traffic noise perception by means of ME method in a laboratory. As the result, the effect of psychological reduction was observed at 65 dB(A) or lower. Especially, the barrier which screening optically from adjacent roads led to 5 to 10% of loudness reduction effect, compared to non-screening cases.Finally, the third experiment was designed to evaluate the effect of visual and auditory stimuli with ME method and 7-point SD rating scale in a laboratory. And it was found that up to 10% of loudness reduction and about 2 dB(A) of noise perceptional reduction were seen at 65 dB(A) or lower.

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Auditory and Visual Interaction in the Aesthetic Evaluation of Environment

Cited by 10 publications

References 4 publications

Emotional Responses to Multisensory Environmental Stimuli

Emotional Responses to Multisensory Environmental Stimuli

Psychological Evaluation of Waterside Space Using Audio-Visual Information

The Psychological Effect of Visual and Auditory Stimuli on the Road Traffic Noise Perception

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