A Behavioral Study on the Effects of Rock Music on Auditory Attention

Letizia Marchegiani; Xenofon Fafoutis

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A Behavioral Study on the Effects of Rock Music on Auditory Attention

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We are interested in the distribution of top-down attention in noisy environments, in which the listening capability is challenged by rock music playing in the background. We conducted behavioral experiments in which the subjects were asked to focus their attention on a narrative and detect a specific word, while the voice of the narrator was masked by rock songs that were alternating in the background. Our study considers several types of songs and investigates how their distinct features affect the ability to segregate sounds. Additionally, we examine the effect of the subjects' familiarity to the music.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Human Behavior Understanding : 4th International Workshop, HBU 2013, Barcelona, Spain, October 22, 2013. Proceedings
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	2013
Pages	15-26
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-02713-5
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-02714-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02714-2_2
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	4th International Workshop on Human Behavior Understanding (HBU 2013) - Barcelona, Spain Duration: 22 Oct 2013 → … http://www.cmpe.boun.edu.tr/hbu/2013/

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Workshop	4th International Workshop on Human Behavior Understanding (HBU 2013)
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Barcelona
Period	22/10/2013 → …
Internet address	http://www.cmpe.boun.edu.tr/hbu/2013/

Series	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	8212
ISSN	0302-9743

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Artificial intelligence
Computer science
Speech intelligibility
Social sciences

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Marchegiani, L & Fafoutis, X 2013, A Behavioral Study on the Effects of Rock Music on Auditory Attention. in Human Behavior Understanding: 4th International Workshop, HBU 2013, Barcelona, Spain, October 22, 2013. Proceedings. Springer, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 8212, pp. 15-26, 4th International Workshop on Human Behavior Understanding (HBU 2013), Barcelona, Spain, 22/10/2013. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02714-2_2

A Behavioral Study on the Effects of Rock Music on Auditory Attention. / Marchegiani, Letizia; Fafoutis, Xenofon.
Human Behavior Understanding: 4th International Workshop, HBU 2013, Barcelona, Spain, October 22, 2013. Proceedings. Springer, 2013. p. 15-26 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 8212).

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