The effects of contact with nature during outdoor environmental education on students' wellbeing, connectedness to nature and pro-sociality

S Pirchio, Y Passiatore, A Panno, M Cipparone… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Experiences of contact with nature in school education might be beneficial for promoting
ecological lifestyles and the wellbeing of children, families, and teachers. Many theories and …

Effects of integration between visual stimuli and auditory stimuli on restorative potential and aesthetic preference in urban green spaces

L Deng, H Luo, J Ma, Z Huang, LX Sun… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2020 - Elsevier
Visual landscapes and auditory soundscapes are considered to be integral elements of a
sustainable habitat. Although numerous studies have indicated that natural imagery and …

Audio-visual interaction and visitor characteristics affect perceived soundscape restorativeness: Case study in five parks in China

X Guo, J Liu, C Albert, XC Hong - Urban forestry & urban greening, 2022 - Elsevier
The capacity of urban parks to contribute to soundscape restorativeness, understood here
as contributions to people's recovery from attentional fatigue and reflection on life issues, is …

[HTML][HTML] Indoor soundscapes at home during the COVID-19 lockdown in London–Part I: Associations between the perception of the acoustic environment, occupantś …

S Torresin, R Albatici, F Aletta, F Babich, T Oberman… - Applied acoustics, 2021 - Elsevier
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, as a result of the adoption of worldwide
lockdown measures, the home environment has become the place where all the daily …

The soundscape indices (SSID) protocol: a method for urban soundscape surveys—questionnaires with acoustical and contextual information

A Mitchell, T Oberman, F Aletta, M Erfanian… - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
A protocol for characterizing urban soundscapes for use in the design of Soundscape
Indices (SSID) and general urban research as implemented under the European Research …

[HTML][HTML] Indoor soundscapes at home during the COVID-19 lockdown in London–Part II: A structural equation model for comfort, content, and well-being

S Torresin, R Albatici, F Aletta, F Babich, T Oberman… - Applied acoustics, 2022 - Elsevier
The present work constitutes the sequel to the analysis of data from an online survey
administered to 464 home workers in London in January 2021 during the COVID-19 …

[HTML][HTML] Ten questions concerning soundscape valuation

L Jiang, A Bristow, J Kang, F Aletta, R Thomas… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The past two decades have seen an ongoing paradigm shift from noise control to
soundsca**, and soundscape approaches have been applied in noise management …

Psychological well-being and demographic factors can mediate soundscape pleasantness and eventfulness: A large sample study

M Erfanian, A Mitchell, F Aletta, J Kang - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Soundscape studies aim to consider the holistic human perception of a sound environment,
including both the physical phenomena and how these are mediated by internal factors. This …

Spatial soundscapes and virtual worlds: Challenges and opportunities

C Rajguru, M Obrist, G Memoli - Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
There is increasing effort to characterize the soundscapes around us so that we can design
more compelling and immersive experiences. This review paper focuses on the challenges …