How Pleasant Sounds Promote and Annoying Sounds Impede Health: A Cognitive Approach

How Pleasant Sounds Promote and Annoying Sounds Impede Health: A Cognitive Approach

This theoretical paper addresses the cognitive functions via which quiet and in general pleasurable sounds promote and annoying sounds impede health. The article comprises a literature analysis and an interpretation of how the bidirectional influence of appraising the environment and the feelings of...

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Main Authors: Tjeerd C. Andringa, J. Jolie L. Lanser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-04-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Subjects:
quietness
quiet areas
quality-of-life
soundscape
mind-states
pleasure
annoyance
needs
arousal
attention
audition
core affect
motivation
safety
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/10/4/1439

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