Correlations Between Acoustic Features, Personality Traits and Perception of Soundscapes
The present study reports results from an experiment that is part of Soundscape Emotion Responses (SSER) study. We investigated the interaction between psychological and acoustic features in the perception of soundscapes. Participant features were estimated with the Ten-Item Personality Index (Gosli...
Saved in:
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Other Authors: | |
Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
Language: | English |
Published: |
2017
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83755 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42752 http://icmpc-escom2012.web.auth.gr/proceedings.html |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
Language: | English |
id |
sg-ntu-dr.10356-83755 |
---|---|
record_format |
dspace |
spelling |
sg-ntu-dr.10356-837552019-12-06T15:31:21Z Correlations Between Acoustic Features, Personality Traits and Perception of Soundscapes Lindborg, PerMagnus School of Art, Design and Media Proceedings of 12th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC) and 8th Triennial Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM) Soundscape Emotion Responses (SSER) Acoustic Features The present study reports results from an experiment that is part of Soundscape Emotion Responses (SSER) study. We investigated the interaction between psychological and acoustic features in the perception of soundscapes. Participant features were estimated with the Ten-Item Personality Index (Gosling et al. 2003) and the Profile of Mood State for Adults (Terry et al. 1999, 2005), and acoustic features with computational tools such as MIRtoolbox (Lartillot 2011). We made ambisonic recordings of Singaporean everyday sonic environments and selected 12 excerpts of 90 seconds duration each, in 4 categories: city parks, rural parks, eateries and shops/markets. 43 participants rated soundscapes according to the Swedish Soundscape Quality Protocol (Axelsson et al. 2011) which uses 8 dimensions related to quality perception. Participants also grouped ‘blobs’ representing the stimuli according to a spatial metaphor and associated a colour to each. A principal component analysis determined a set of acoustic features that span a 2-dimensional plane related to latent higher-level features that are relevant to soundscape perception. We tentatively named these dimensions Mass and Variability Focus; the first depends on loudness and spectral shape, the second on amplitude variability across temporal domains. A series of repeated-measures ANOVA showed that there is are patterns of significant correlations between perception ratings and the derived acoustic features in interaction with personality measures. Several of the interactions were linked to the personality trait Openness, and to aural-visual orientation. Implications for future research are discussed. Published version 2017-06-28T06:56:24Z 2019-12-06T15:31:21Z 2017-06-28T06:56:24Z 2019-12-06T15:31:21Z 2012 2012 Conference Paper Lindborg, P. (2012). Correlations Between Acoustic Features, Personality Traits and Perception of Soundscapes. Proceedings of 12th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC) and 8th Triennial Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM), 594-603. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83755 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42752 http://icmpc-escom2012.web.auth.gr/proceedings.html en © 2012 12th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC) and 8th Triennial Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM). This paper was published in Proceedings of 12th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC) and 8th Triennial Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM) and is made available as an electronic reprint (preprint) with permission of 12th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC) and 8th Triennial Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM). The published version is available at: [http://icmpc-escom2012.web.auth.gr/proceedings.html]. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic or multiple reproduction, distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law. 10 p. application/pdf |
institution |
Nanyang Technological University |
building |
NTU Library |
country |
Singapore |
collection |
DR-NTU |
language |
English |
topic |
Soundscape Emotion Responses (SSER) Acoustic Features |
spellingShingle |
Soundscape Emotion Responses (SSER) Acoustic Features Lindborg, PerMagnus Correlations Between Acoustic Features, Personality Traits and Perception of Soundscapes |
description |
The present study reports results from an experiment that is part of Soundscape Emotion Responses (SSER) study. We investigated the interaction between psychological and acoustic features in the perception of soundscapes. Participant features were estimated with the Ten-Item Personality Index (Gosling et al. 2003) and the Profile of Mood State for Adults (Terry et al. 1999, 2005), and acoustic features with computational tools such as MIRtoolbox (Lartillot 2011). We made ambisonic recordings of Singaporean everyday sonic environments and selected 12 excerpts of 90 seconds duration each, in 4 categories: city parks, rural parks, eateries and shops/markets. 43 participants rated soundscapes according to the Swedish Soundscape Quality Protocol (Axelsson et al. 2011) which uses 8 dimensions related to quality perception. Participants also grouped ‘blobs’ representing the stimuli according to a spatial metaphor and associated a colour to each. A principal component analysis determined a set of acoustic features that span a 2-dimensional plane related to latent higher-level features that are relevant to soundscape perception. We tentatively named these dimensions Mass and Variability Focus; the first depends on loudness and spectral shape, the second on amplitude variability across temporal domains. A series of repeated-measures ANOVA showed that there is are patterns of significant correlations between perception ratings and the derived acoustic features in interaction with personality measures. Several of the interactions were linked to the personality trait Openness, and to aural-visual orientation. Implications for future research are discussed. |
author2 |
School of Art, Design and Media |
author_facet |
School of Art, Design and Media Lindborg, PerMagnus |
format |
Conference or Workshop Item |
author |
Lindborg, PerMagnus |
author_sort |
Lindborg, PerMagnus |
title |
Correlations Between Acoustic Features, Personality Traits and Perception of Soundscapes |
title_short |
Correlations Between Acoustic Features, Personality Traits and Perception of Soundscapes |
title_full |
Correlations Between Acoustic Features, Personality Traits and Perception of Soundscapes |
title_fullStr |
Correlations Between Acoustic Features, Personality Traits and Perception of Soundscapes |
title_full_unstemmed |
Correlations Between Acoustic Features, Personality Traits and Perception of Soundscapes |
title_sort |
correlations between acoustic features, personality traits and perception of soundscapes |
publishDate |
2017 |
url |
https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83755 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42752 http://icmpc-escom2012.web.auth.gr/proceedings.html |
_version_ |
1681047302910771200 |