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Virtual Auditory Aperture Pass-ability

Riehm, Christopher
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7396-5055
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1504796255133123

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2017, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences: Psychology.
The current study investigated 1) the ability of individuals to perceive the passability of apertures that are constructed using two virtual sounds sources and 2) the nature of the perceptual information that is used when determining passability in such a way. In a virtual environment, participants were asked to judge whether they could walk through two (virtual) sound sources in front of them without hitting them with their shoulders and without turning their shoulders. In order to evaluated a specific informational variable that would involve head rotation to detect, a gain was applied to head movement in the virtual environment to determine if participants’ perceptual judgments of passability were influenced by this manipulation. Although participations were able to differentiate aperture sizes based on acoustic information, though the gain manipulation did not show a significant influence on perceptual reports. The unexpected significant influence of lateral head movement on perceptual accuracy, however, does suggest an alternative informational variable, based on lateral movement, may have been used. The present findings are consistent with previous studies investigating auditory perception of passability. They also offer promise of the application of virtual reality technology in the study of auditory perceptual abilities in real-world situations.
Kevin Shockley, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Anthony Chemero, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Paula Silva, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
31 p.
Experiments
Affordance; Auditory; Perception; Virtual; Reality; Aperture

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  • Riehm, C. (2017). Virtual Auditory Aperture Pass-ability [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1504796255133123

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Riehm, Christopher. Virtual Auditory Aperture Pass-ability. 2017. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1504796255133123.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Riehm, Christopher. "Virtual Auditory Aperture Pass-ability." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1504796255133123

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