Assessing the ecological validity of soundscape reproduction in different laboratory settings.

ABSTRACT: The ever-growing body of soundscape research includes studies conducted both in everyday life environments and in laboratory settings. Yet, laboratory settings differ from in-situ and therefore may elicit different perceptions. The present study explores the ecological validity of soundscape reproduction in the laboratory using first-order Ambisonics and of different modes of questionnaire administration. Furthermore, it investigates the influence of the contextual factors of time of day, day of the week, and location on site on soundscape evaluations in situ and in the laboratory, based on the Swedish Soundscape Quality Protocol. We first tested measurement invariance between the computer-based and pen-and-paper administration of the soundscape questionnaire. We then investigated the infl

SUBMITTER: Tarlao C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9236251 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature