Abstract:In Japan, vehicle horns have been used as a means of communication between drivers, and frequently aroused psychological negative reactions in hearers. If horn sounds have acoustic features of speech, they possibly help communication between drivers, and improve hearers' negative impressions.
To investigate such hypotheses, psychoacoustical experiments were conducted using synthesized horn sounds with acoustic characteristics of Japanese speech "abunai", which implies a dangerous situation. Spectral features … Show more
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