Influence of active listening on eye movements while viewing images of concert halls

Minors, Anne and Harvey, Carlo (2015) Influence of active listening on eye movements while viewing images of concert halls. Psychomusicology: Music, Mind, and Brain, 25 (3). pp. 345-354. ISSN 0275-3987

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Abstract

Concert hall design is at a crossroads between its origins of unamplified orchestral music and singing, and the forces of popular music, which depend mostly on amplified sound and multimedia accompaniment. Concurrently, there has been a revolution in the way that the buildings are initiated and designed. Computer modeling techniques enable architects to conceive iconic building exteriors and acoustic engineers and performance consultants to shape building interiors to provide a rich sound experience. Despite the fact that a concert is a multisensory experience, little is known about how the visual aspects of the building interiors impact the acoustical experience. This article examined how the process of active listening influences where people look within a photograph of a concert hall interior. Using eye-tracking equipment and images of concert halls while actively listening to sound tracks, the extent of the eye movement was recorded when looking only; listening only; and looking and listening. This revealed significantly smaller standard deviations of eye movement width in the horizontal plane when looking at images of concert halls while listening to music compared with looking at the images alone.

Item Type: Article
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1037/pmu0000108
Dates:
DateEvent
2015Published
Subjects: CAH11 - computing > CAH11-01 - computing > CAH11-01-01 - computer science
Divisions: Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment > School of Computing and Digital Technology
Depositing User: Ian Mcdonald
Date Deposited: 16 Oct 2017 12:26
Last Modified: 22 Mar 2023 12:01
URI: https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/5226

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