Acoustic and Perceptual-Cognitive Factors in the Identification of 41 Environmental Sounds

Abstract

This paper addresses acoustic and perceptual-cognitive factors that correlate with aspects of identification performance. A previous study produced causal uncertainty values and identification times for 41 sounds. Acoustic attributes of the sounds and perceptual-cognitive ratings of the sounds were correlated with the uncertainty values and identification time. In addition, the ratings were correlated with the acoustic measures. Factor analyses of the perceptual-cognitive judgements and the acoustic attributes were also performed. Cluster analyses of the sounds using the factor scores and an index of causal confusion were performed. Results showed that identification time is related to causal uncertainty, to a perceptual-cognitive factor which incorporates aspects of perceived identifiability, and to some acoustic attributes of the sounds. The cluster analyses produced a cluster of water related sounds, a cluster of impact sounds, and other clusters depending on the variables being clustered.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 20, 1989
Accession Number
ADA214944

Entities

People

  • James A. Ballas

Organizations

  • George Mason University

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Signatures
  • Acoustics
  • Biological Sciences
  • Cognition
  • Computers
  • Frequency
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Judgment
  • Military Research
  • Motor Skills
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Psychology
  • Reaction Time
  • Recognition
  • Students
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

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  • Wave Propagation and Nonlinear Chaotic Dynamics.