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Accession Number:
AD1029204
Title:
Two Classification Methods for Grouping Common Environmental Sounds in Terms of Perceived Pleasantness
Corporate Author:
US Army Research Laboratory Aberdeen Proving Ground United States
Report Date:
2016-02-01
Abstract:
Real-world sounds are perceived as more than just a collection of acoustic attributes. They contain both acoustic and semantic attributes, which together influence perception. Acoustic measurements are usually well-defined and broadly agreed upon, but semantic information can be difficult to operationalize. Semantic attributes contain information related to context and listener experience, attributes that are subjective and prone to individual differences. The current study had 2 goals 1 characterization of a set of sounds in terms of their perceived pleasantness and 2 comparison of 2 classification methods, experimenter-defined and objectively defined i.e., data-defined classification. Fourteen listeners rated 36 common environmental sounds on a scale of 1 to 7 for perceived pleasantness. Overall, the set trended toward the unpleasant end of the ratings scale, and impulse sounds were rated as more pleasant than continuous sounds. Further, it appears that natural sounds were rated as more pleasant than man-made sounds, and this is consistent with both experimenter- and objectively defined classification approaches, suggesting a latent categorical structure for pleasantness.
Descriptive Note:
Technical Report,01 Nov 2015,31 May 2016
Pages:
0024
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release;
File Size:
0.33MB
