A pilot experiment on effects of motor and cognitive activities on memories of soundscapes
Jun 1, 2015·
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Edda Bild
Matt Coler
Danièle Dubois
Karin Pfeffer
Abstract
To evaluate the potential role of activities in evaluating memories of soundscapes, we performed a pilot experiment in which respondents, engaged in combinations of two motor (walking and sitting) and two cognitive activities (counting and talking), were asked to describe the memory of their sensory experience in their university campus, in writing. In this paper we show how a psycholinguistic analysis of the resulting written corpus can offer insight into the diversity of experiences of soundscapes and how activity can influence the description of these soundscapes. We propose a replicable framework for linguistic analysis to help structure and analyze a corpus of written text with the goal of developing a method to analyze qualitative descriptions from memory of soundscapes.
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Publication
Proceedings of the Euronoise, Maastricht
This paper presents a pilot experiment examining how different activities influence people’s memories and descriptions of soundscapes. Participants engaged in combinations of motor activities (walking or sitting) and cognitive activities (counting or talking) before describing their sensory experiences on a university campus. Through psycholinguistic analysis of these written descriptions, we demonstrate how activities can shape the perception and memory of soundscapes. The paper proposes a structured framework for analyzing qualitative descriptions of soundscape memories, contributing to a better understanding of how humans experience and process auditory environments.
