Acoustic perception and emotion evocation by rock art soundscapes of Altai (Russia)
Por:
López-Mochales S, Aparicio-Terrés R, Díaz-Andreu M and Escera C
Publicada:
19 sep 2023
Ahead of Print:
19 sep 2023
Categoría:
Psychology (miscellaneous)
Resumen:
The major goal of psychoarchaeoacoustics is to understand the psychology behind motivations and emotions of past communities when selecting certain acoustic environments to set activities involving the production of paintings and carvings. Within this framework, the present study seeks to explore whether a group of archaeological rock art sites in Altai (Siberia, Russia) are distinguished by particular acoustic imprints that elicit distinct reactions on listeners, in perceptual and emotional terms. Sixty participants were presented with a series of natural sounds convolved with six impulse responses from Altai, three of them recorded in locations in front of rock art panels and three of them in front of similar locations but without any trace of rock art. Participants were interrogated about their subjective perception of the sounds presented, using 10 psychoacoustic and emotional scales. The mixed ANOVA analyses carried out revealed that feelings of "presence," "closeness," and "tension" evoked by all sounds were significantly influenced by the location. These effects were attributed to the differences in reverberation between the locations with and without rock art. Despite results are not consistent across all the studied rock art sites, and acknowledging the presence of several limitations, this study highlights the significance of its methodology. It stresses the crucial aspect of incorporating the limitations encountered in shaping future research endeavors.
Filiaciones:
López-Mochales S:
Brainlab - Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain
Institut de Neurociències, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain
Aparicio-Terrés R:
Brainlab - Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain
Institut de Neurociències, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain
Díaz-Andreu M:
Departament d'Història i Arqueologia, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain
Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain
Institut d'Arqueologia de la Universitat de Barcelona (IUAB), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain
Escera C:
Brainlab - Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain
Institut de Neurociències, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain
Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain
Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu (IRSJD), Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain
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