Stress recovery during exposure to natural sounds and environmental noise

Alvarsson, Jesper

doi:10.1037/e529612013-001

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“…More recently, research has gone beyond holistically looking at the restorative qualities of natural environments, to focus on the impacts of sound to restoration. Alvarsson, Wiens, and Nilsson (2010) tested the influence of sounds on the rate of recovery from a stressful situation. In this study, recovery from stress is tested, similar to measures used to examine SRT.…”

Section: Restoration and Natural Soundsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Loudness has been found to be an important predictor of human annoyance to transportation noise (Mace et al, 1999;Galloway and Jones, 1974;Kryter, 1985). Motorcycle sounds are laid over natural sounds at a higher dB(A) to mimic actual events (Alvarsson et al, 2010;Mace et al, 1999). Moreover, anthropogenic sounds faded in and out of the sound clip to better imitate how these sounds are heard in a park setting.…”

Section: Experimental Soundsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Influence of Natural Sounds on Attention Restoration

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Section: Restoration and Natural Soundsmentioning

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The Influence of Natural Sounds on Attention Restoration

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Taff

Newman

et al. 2016

JPRA

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“…This experiment provided biologically-based evidence that it is possible to quantify the restorative aspects of nature. Subsequent research has adapted Ulrich et al's approach using auditory stimuli and found similar benefits of natural acoustic environments in stress recovery (Alvarsson, Wiens, & Nilsson, 2010).…”

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Human Responses to Simulated Motorized Noise in National Parks

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HUMAN RESPONSES TO SIMULATED MOTORIZED NOISE IN NATIONAL PARKSThis thesis investigated the effects of three sources of motorized noise on laboratory participants' evaluations of landscape scenes, self-reported affective states, and physiological responses in simulated national park settings. Seventy-seven laboratory participants completed landscape assessments along 8 aesthetic dimensions and reported affective states while listening to audio clips of natural sounds, propeller planes, motorcycles, and snowmobiles. Each participant experienced all scenes and sound conditions in a pseudo-randomized order. The change from the natural sound baseline for each motorized source of noise was calculated.Results indicated that all motorized sources of noise had detrimental impacts on landscape assessments and self-reported affective states, compared to natural sounds. Motorcycle noise was demonstrated to have the largest negative impact on landscape assessments. Physiological response was also affected by experimental noise in some of the conditions (with the strongest effect in the snowmobile condition), but a consistent pattern of results failed to emerge to suggest that negative impacts to human physiology could be reliably detected under the present methodology. In addition to confirming that noise from motorized recreation has significant social impacts on potential park visitors, this simulation suggests that the specific source of the noise is an important factor in observer evaluations. These results could help park managers prioritize their educational and regulatory strategies for minimizing adverse impacts by motorized vehicles on natural soundscapes. Important advances in soundscape research methodology are also presented.

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Stress recovery during exposure to natural sounds and environmental noise

Cited by 2 publications

References 17 publications

The Influence of Natural Sounds on Attention Restoration

The Influence of Natural Sounds on Attention Restoration

Human Responses to Simulated Motorized Noise in National Parks

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