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  • Environmental Psychology
  • Acoustic Perception
  • Human-Computer Interaction

Background:

  • Humans often seek natural sounds for positive experiences.
  • Aesthetic preferences for nature sounds may stem from perceptual features or learned associations with beauty.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether aesthetic preferences for nature sounds are driven by inherent acoustic qualities or by the recognition of the sound's origin.
  • To examine how sound recognition influences the relationship between acoustic features and aesthetic judgments.

Main Methods:

  • Participants rated the aesthetic quality of nature and urban soundscapes varying in recognizability.
  • A follow-up experiment involved classifying difficult-to-identify sounds and re-evaluating aesthetic preferences.
  • The study also used acoustically similar artificial noises to control for sound origin.

Main Results:

  • Aesthetic preference for nature sounds diminished when sounds were difficult to recognize.
  • The link between acoustic features and aesthetic ratings shifted based on sound recognition.
  • Classifying sounds as natural or urban re-established a strong preference for nature sounds.

Conclusions:

  • Sound recognition (natural vs. urban) dynamically shapes aesthetic preferences and their connection to acoustic properties.
  • Aesthetic preferences for nature sounds are not solely based on inherent acoustic features but are influenced by categorization.
  • Findings have implications for understanding nature's role in cognitive and affective restoration.