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Effects of the Aural and Visual Experience on Psycho-physiological Recovery in Urban and Rural Environments
- Source :
- APPLIED ACOUSTICS
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Elsevier, 2020.
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Abstract
- This study examined the effects of aural and visual experience on psycho-physiological recovery in simulated environments. Laboratory experiments were conducted with 32 participants. Ten horror videos were used as stressor clips, while five videos depicted urban or rural settings as recovery clips. The videos were presented via VR (head-mounted display) and on a monitor screen. The effect of the audio presentation was tested by presenting the stimuli with or without sound. Psychological recovery was assessed using a set of questions (e.g., perceived preference). Physiological recovery was measured with five physiological responses (e.g., fEMG and HR) monitored throughout the experiment. It was found that the rural setting led to a better psycho-physiological recovery than the urban setting when the stimuli were presented both in the VR and Screen conditions. In particular, the rural setting with water features evoked the greatest recovery. The rural setting presented with water sound showed significant differences in psychological recovery between Audio-Visual and No-Audio conditions. Compared to the Screen condition, stimuli presented in the VR condition did not have any main effect on the psychological recovery; however, it showed main effects on some of the physiological responses. The audio presentation had significant impacts on all psychological recovery ratings but it showed an impact on only one physiological response, fEMG of the zygomatic muscle.
- Subjects :
- 010302 applied physics
medicine.medical_specialty
Acoustics and Ultrasonics
media_common.quotation_subject
Stressor
education
Rural setting
Audiology
01 natural sciences
Preference
Physiological responses
Presentation
0103 physical sciences
medicine
Visual experience
CLIPS
Psychology
Set (psychology)
010301 acoustics
computer
computer.programming_language
media_common
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- APPLIED ACOUSTICS
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8d94ecb97dac8732568cb51699abc0f6