Relationship Between Auditory Distraction and Emotional Dimensionality for Non-Speech Sounds.

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Objectives

If task-irrelevant sounds are present when someone is actively listening to speech, the irrelevant sounds can cause distraction, reducing word recognition performance and increasing listening effort. In some previous investigations into auditory distraction, the task-irrelevant stimuli were non-speech sounds (e.g., laughter, animal sounds, music), which are known to elicit a variety of emotional responses. Variations in the emotional response to a task-irrelevant sound could influence the distraction effect. The goal of this study was to examine the relationship between the arousal (exciting versus calming) or valence (positive versus negative) of task-irrelevant auditory stimuli and auditory distraction. Using non-speech sounds that have been used previously in a distra

SUBMITTER: Morgan SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12581148 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul-Aug 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature