Table 2.
Studies from 1990 to 2019 of the outcome of the psychophysiology of soundscape.
| Reviewed Articles | Objective (s) | Research Design | No of Participants | Key Findings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gomez and Danuser, 2004 | (A) Evaluation of the link between the judgment of affective arousal and valence and physiological response | Stimulus locked | 31 | (A) Only RR in response to environmental sounds and music is in line with valence and arousal to a certain extent |
| Alvarsson et al., 2010 * | (A) Comparison of the effects of different sounds on the physiological recovery of individuals with induced psychological stress | Latin square matrix | 40 | (A) Nature sound accelerates the physiological recovery of SNS after psychological stress |
| Irwin et al., 2011 | (A) Assessment of the visceral basis of cognitive and emotional responses to positive or ‘naturalistic urban soundscapes’ (B) Their association with the perceptual dimensions |
Stimulus locked | 16 | (A) Increment of HR in response to the onset of auditory stimuli (B) No association was found |
| Hume and Ahtamad, 2013 | (A) Investigation of variation in registered physiological responses to different soundscapes (B) Investigation of the link between the pattern of physiological changes and the subjective rating the pleasantness and arousal of the sound excerpt (C) Investigation of a gender difference in any physiological responses |
Stimulus locked | 80 | (A) Decrement of HR, increment of RR, decrement of EMG limited to pleasant sounds (B) Increment of HR, and RR but decrement of EMG to rise of pleasantness, no association between physiological responses and valence reported (C) A significant rise in HR and RR responses in men but not in EMG |
| Medvedev et al., 2015 * | (A) Examining the variations of physiological responses to a number of auditory stimuli after a stressful task | Latin square matrix | 45 | (A) Faster recovery of SCL in response to the most pleasant and the least eventful sounds and a significant difference in mean HR only during the eventful sound |
| Medvedev et al., 2015 | (A) Measuring the same physiological responses of soundscape during rest state | Stimulus locked | 30 | (A) SCL linked to the least pleasant, familiar, and dominating sounds specially in the first 10 s; the increase of SCL associated with the least pleasant, familiar and the most dominant; no SCL change in response to the most and the least arousing and eventful sounds; a fall in HR associated with the least pleasant and the most familiar sounds |
* Stress Task.