The Soundscapes of Built Environments (06-01-09)
As Abdulkarim points out, sound is crucial for our experience of place.
As Abdulkarim points out, sound is crucial for our experience of place.
In a field study, researchers found that 99% of office workers questioned indicated that office noises interrupted their concentration.
Apparently, human beings can not ignore animal noises.
A number of new articles provide insight into good park design.
How physically fit we are influences how we interpret approaching sounds.
In an intriguing article Stover reports on the ways that human activity is changing the natural soundscape in which people have evolved.
Cell phones are certainly distracting, but are particular ring tones less onerous than others?
Researchers have been investigating the influence of music on shoppers for years.
Everyone lip-reads.
Researchers link airplane noise to the expression of ADHD symptoms in children and residents link neighborhood qualities with mental health.