在人为噪音污染的环境中,自然的声音景观增强了情绪恢复
Lia R V Gilmour1, Isabelle Bray2, Chris Alford2,3
1School of Applied Sciences, College of Health, Science and Society, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom.
PloS one
|November 27, 2024
概括
城市噪音对幸福有负面影响. 降低交通速度可以通过保存自然的声音景观来提升情绪,如鸟,减轻城市环境中的压力和焦虑.
科学领域:
- 环境心理学 环境心理学
- 城市生态城市生态学
- 声学生态学 声学生态学
背景情况:
- 城市环境往往缺乏绿色空间,并具有高水平的人为噪音,对居民的健康和福祉产生负面影响.
- 降低交通速度主要是为了安全,但它们通过自然音景互动对幸福感的影响还未得到充分研究.
研究的目的:
- 研究自然音景 (鸟) 和不同速度 (20英里/小时和40英里/小时) 的交通噪音对人类情绪的影响.
- 评估交通噪音如何掩盖城市环境中自然声音景观的积极心理影响.
主要方法:
- 通过接触不同音景条件来评估参与者的情绪:仅仅是自然声音,以及自然声音与20英里/小时和40英里/小时的交通噪音相结合.
- 关键指标包括焦虑,压力水平和快乐的情绪 (积极的心情).
主要成果:
- 自然的声音景观显著减少了焦虑和压力.
- 增加交通噪音增加了压力,更高的速度 (40英里/小时) 导致比较低的速度 (20英里/小时) 更大的增加.
- 当自然声音景观与40英里/小时的交通噪音相结合时,积极的情绪 (享乐基调) 显著下降.
结论:
- 人为噪音,包括交通,可以减少自然声音的压力减轻的好处,如在城市地区的鸟.
- 降低城市交通速度是通过保护大自然的积极影响来改善福祉的潜在干预措施.
- 技术进步 (如电动汽车) 和城市规划 (如绿地) 可以减轻噪音污染的不利影响.
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