Recognition of Environmental Sounds

Abstract

The studies focused on two areas: 1) acoustic and perceptual-cognitive factors related to sound identification; and 2) the effects of context on identification of specific sounds. Results indicated that identification time and accuracy are related to causal uncertainty and to a construct called identifiability. Context was found to produce negative bias but not positive bias. Keywords: Audition; Hearing; Classification; Complex sound choice; Reaction time; Identification. (jhd)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA214942

Entities

People

  • James A. Ballas

Organizations

  • George Mason University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Properties
  • Acoustics
  • Cognition
  • Contracts
  • Identification
  • Judgment
  • Military Research
  • New York
  • Notation
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Perception
  • Psychology
  • Recognition
  • Signal Detection
  • United States
  • Universities
  • Word Recognition

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Auditory Neuroscience/Auditory Physiology.
  • Organizational Psychology.