@inproceedings{WilczekSteffensWeinzierl2020, author = {Wilczek, Tobias and Steffens, Jochen and Weinzierl, Stefan}, title = {Zum Einfluss der Akustik auf die Qualit{\"a}t von Restaurants. Eine Feldstudie}, series = {Fortschritte der Akustik - DAGA 2020: 46. Deutsche Jahrestagung f{\"u}r Akustik}, booktitle = {Fortschritte der Akustik - DAGA 2020: 46. Deutsche Jahrestagung f{\"u}r Akustik}, publisher = {Deutsche Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Akustik e.V.}, address = {Berlin}, doi = {10.14279/depositonce-9999}, pages = {854 -- 857}, year = {2020}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{WilczekSteffensWeinzierl2019, author = {Wilczek, Tobias and Steffens, Jochen and Weinzierl, Stefan}, title = {Room acoustics, soundscapes and customer satisfaction in restaurants - a field study}, series = {Proceedings of the International Symposium on Room Acoustics (ISRA) 2019, Amsterdam, Netherlands.}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Symposium on Room Acoustics (ISRA) 2019, Amsterdam, Netherlands.}, editor = {Lautenbach, Margriet and Witew, Ingo B. and de Vries, Diemer and Hornikx, Maarten}, publisher = {Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap}, address = {Heerde}, isbn = {978-90-9032895-9}, doi = {10.18154/RWTH-CONV-240148}, pages = {854 -- 857}, year = {2019}, language = {en} } @article{WagnerHallmannSteffensetal.2013, author = {Wagner, Stefan and Hallmann, Dijana and Steffens, Jochen and Becker-Schweitzer, J{\"o}rg and Kameier, J{\"o}rg}, title = {Ger{\"a}uscharme Reifen - H{\"a}ndlerempfehlungen in der Praxis}, series = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r L{\"a}rmbek{\"a}mpfung}, volume = {8}, journal = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r L{\"a}rmbek{\"a}mpfung}, number = {3}, publisher = {Springer}, pages = {118 -- 121}, year = {2013}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{vonLauerMuenchhofenvonBergSteffens2025, author = {von Lauer-M{\"u}nchhofen, Jakob and von Berg, Markus and Steffens, Jochen}, title = {Applicability of Common Room Acoustic Parameters for Music Recording Spaces in Recording Studios}, series = {Proceedings of DAS|DAGA 2025: 51st Annual Meeting on Acoustics March 17-20, 2025, Copenhagen}, booktitle = {Proceedings of DAS|DAGA 2025: 51st Annual Meeting on Acoustics March 17-20, 2025, Copenhagen}, editor = {Dau, Torsten and Epp, Bastian}, publisher = {Deutsche Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Akustik e.V.}, address = {Berlin}, isbn = {978-3-939296-23-2}, pages = {1224 -- 1227}, year = {2025}, subject = {Raumakustik}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{vonBergWolfSteffens2024, author = {von Berg, Markus and Wolf, Anna-Christina and Steffens, Jochen}, title = {Preferences patterns in music requests on a radio show for children [Abstract]}, series = {ESCOM12 (York, La Plata \& Melbourne) - The 12th Triennial Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music: Book of Abstracts}, booktitle = {ESCOM12 (York, La Plata \& Melbourne) - The 12th Triennial Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music: Book of Abstracts}, editor = {Schiavio, Andrea and Daffern, Helena and Glasser, Solange and Osborne, Margaret and Martinez, Isabel C. and Marchiano, Maria and Blas P{\´e}rez, Joaquin and Kempf, Adrian and Norton, Naomi and Gibbs, Hannah J. and Owen, Caroline and Kirts, Connor G. and O'Neill, Katherine and Jackson, Rebecca}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t Graz}, address = {Graz}, pages = {257 -- 258}, year = {2024}, abstract = {Background Previous research has observed vast changes in musical preference during childhood and adolescence due to developmental processes such as the experience of aesthetic responses to music (Nieminen et al., 2012) and the formation and expression of social identity through distinct musical preferences (Hargreaves et al., 2016). Most of this research, however, is either based on the evaluation of musical pieces that have been previously selected by adult experimenters, or self-reports on preferences for different musical styles. Aim(s) This study presents another methodological approach by collecting and analysing music that was freely requested on a children's radio show. The aim was to test to what extent findings from self-reports and ratings of pre-selected music apply to this kind of data. Methods A sample of 1412 freely and publicly expressed music requests of children between 4 and 11 years was taken from a German radio program and analysed with regard to age- and sex-specific differences. The music was categorized into genres as listed on Spotify and examined by methods of Music Information Retrieval provided by the Spotify Developer API. Additionally, the music was genre-independently classified as children's music. Results Results showed that, at younger ages, the requests were generally more evenly distributed across different genres. Regarding single genres, logistic regression models revealed small positive relationships between age and the likelihood of requesting the genres Pop and Electro and small negative relationships between age and the likelihood of requesting Acapella, German songwriter, Indie, theme songs, and children's music. Furthermore, contingency table analyses showed that boys requested significantly more Rock and Hip Hop, whereas girls had a higher tendency to ask for Pop. Finally, age was negatively correlated with the Spotify features valence and liveness of the requested music, which was related to the higher preference for children's music at younger ages. Discussion and Conclusion The results suggest that previous findings regarding musically expressed gender roles and increasing formation of distinct genre preferences during infancy also apply to single song requests made on a radio show. References Hargreaves, D. J., North, A. C., \& Tarrant, M. (2016). How and why do musical preferences change in childhood adolescence. In G. McPherson (Ed.), The child as musician: A handbook of musical development (Second edition). Oxford University Press. Nieminen, S., Ist{\´o}k, E., Brattico, E., \& Tervaniemi, M. (2012). The development of the aesthetic experience of music: Preference, emotions, and beauty. Musicae Scientiae, 16(3), 372-391. https://doi.org/10.1177/1029864912450454}, subject = {Musikwahrnehmung}, language = {de} } @article{vonBergWolfSteffens2024, author = {von Berg, Markus and Wolf, Anna-Christina and Steffens, Jochen}, title = {Age- and Sex-Related Differences in Music Requests on a Radio Show for Children}, series = {Music \& Science}, volume = {7}, journal = {Music \& Science}, publisher = {Sage Publications}, issn = {2059-2043}, doi = {10.1177/20592043241288335}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-46588}, pages = {1 -- 16}, year = {2024}, abstract = {In research on the development of musical preferences, children are often asked either to evaluate musical pieces that have been previously selected by adult experimenters, or to give self-reports on preferences for different musical styles. This study involved analyzing a sample of 1,412 freely and publicly expressed music requests from children aged between 4 and 11 years taken from a German radio program, with regard to age- and sex-specific differences. The music was categorized into genres, as listed on Spotify, and examined using methods of music information retrieval provided by the Spotify Developer application programming interface. Results showed that, at younger ages, the requests were generally more evenly distributed across different genres. Regarding single genres, we observed small positive relationships between age and the likelihood of requesting the genres pop or electro and small negative relationships between age and the likelihood of requesting A capella, German songwriter, indie, theme songs, or children's music. Furthermore, we found that boys requested significantly more rock or hip-hop, whereas girls had a higher tendency to ask for pop. Finally, age- (but no sex-) related differences regarding the Spotify features of valence and liveness of the requested music were found, which were related to the preference for children's music at younger ages. The results thus suggest that previous findings regarding differences between boys and girls and an increasing formation of distinct genre preferences during infancy also apply to single song requests made on a radio show.}, language = {en} } @misc{vonBergVersuemerSteffensetal.2025, author = {von Berg, Markus and Vers{\"u}mer, Siegbert and Steffens, Jochen and Bitta, Joshua}, title = {Reproduction levels of outdoor soundscapes in the lab after in-situ exposure: participant responses and recording level envelopes}, publisher = {Zenodo}, doi = {10.5281/zenodo.17663267}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Supplemental material for https://doi.org/10.1051/aacus/2025062 To investigate loudness biases in the lab, where outdoor sounds are perceived as being too loud if reproduced with physically accurate levels in the lab, a listening experiment was conducted, where thirty-one participants visited a street and listened to the environmental sounds for one minute. These sounds were also recorded using a dummy head. Afterwards, participants listened to the recording in a quiet laboratory and adjusted its level as they remembered it. About half of the sample did this immediately, the other half about 20 min after the recording, during which the performed another listening tests. Afterwards, previous experience with acoustics, musical sophistication and noise sensitivity were assessed. The results revealed a mean gain adjustment of 8.9 dB below the original. The data uploaded here comprises participants gain adjustment, the recording levels averaged other A) the entire recording and B) the first and last 7.5s or 15s, respecitvely and all questionnaire responses as well as aggregate scores for musical sophistication and noise sensitivity, as well as a binary categorization of the respondent into laymen and experienced, based on their previous experience with acoustics. For sociodemographic information, participants age, sex and educational degree are reported as well. Content - 00_Description: - Description of the data files - Includes a list of explanation of the columns names in "data_questionnaires_aggregateLevels.csv - data_questionnaires_aggregateLevels.csv - Participants' adjusted recordings levels - Several level and loudness aggregates of each participant's recording that were analyzed in the paper - Participants' responses to the administered questionnaires - level_envelopes.zip - Archive with 31 CSV files containing level envelopes of each participant's recording. - A-weighted and unweighted level envelope for the dummy head's left and right ear - One-minute recordings with a temporal resolution of 125ms}, subject = {Psychoakustik}, language = {en} } @article{vonBergVersuemerBittaetal.2025, author = {von Berg, Markus and Vers{\"u}mer, Siegbert and Bitta, Joshua and Steffens, Jochen}, title = {Reduced reproduction levels of outdoor soundscapes are deemed appropriate - even after real-world exposure}, series = {Acta Acustica}, journal = {Acta Acustica}, publisher = {EDP Sciences}, issn = {2681-4617}, doi = {10.1051/aacus/2025062}, pages = {16}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Laboratory experiments in psychoacoustical and soundscape research indicate that participants perceive a reproduction sound level lowered by 8-10 dB as more plausible than the original level. This bias supposedly roots in an adaptation of perceptual loudness scaling to the laboratory environment, that is overall quieter than urban outdoor soundscapes. To gain further insights into the nature of such loudness bias, we conducted a listening experiment in both field and laboratory using a within-subjects design. Thirty-one participants visited a street and listened to the environmental sounds for one minute, while these sounds were also recorded using a dummy head. Thereafter, they listened to the recording in a quiet laboratory nearby and adjusted its level as they remembered it. About half of the sample did this immediately, the other half about 20 minutes after the recording. Results confirm a bias towards lower levels with a mean of about 8.9 dB, regardless of the time between the recording and the reproduction in the laboratory. Also, participants with higher musical abilities tended to select higher, more accurate levels, whereas noise-sensitive participants deemed lower levels appropriate. Results suggest that the hypothesized adaptation of perceptual scaling to the laboratory happens immediately and is affected by individual factors.}, subject = {Psychoakustik}, language = {en} } @article{vonBergSteffensWeinzierletal.2021, author = {von Berg, Markus and Steffens, Jochen and Weinzierl, Stefan and M{\"u}llensiefen, Daniel}, title = {Assessing room acoustic listening expertise}, series = {Journal of the Acoustical Society of America}, volume = {150}, journal = {Journal of the Acoustical Society of America}, number = {4}, publisher = {Acoustical Society of America}, doi = {10.1121/10.0006574}, pages = {2539 -- 2548}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Musicians and music professionals are often considered to be expert listeners for listening tests on room acoustics. However, these tests often target acoustic parameters other than those typically relevant in music such as pitch, rhythm, amplitude, or timbre. To assess the expertise in perceiving and understanding room acoustical phenomena, a listening test battery was constructed to measure the perceptual sensitivity and cognitive abilities in the identification of rooms with different reverberation times and different spectral envelopes. Performance in these tests was related to data from the Goldsmiths Musical Sophistication Index, self-reported previous experience in music recording and acoustics, and academic knowledge on acoustics. The data from 102 participants show that sensory and cognitive abilities are both correlated significantly with musical training, analytic listening skills, recording experience, and academic knowledge on acoustics, whereas general interest in and engagement with music do not show any significant correlations. The regression models, using only significantly correlated criteria of musicality and professional expertise, explain only small to moderate amounts (11\%-28\%) of the variance in the "room acoustic listening expertise" across the different tasks of the battery. Thus, the results suggest that the traditional criteria for selecting expert listeners in room acoustics are only weak predictors of their actual performances.}, language = {en} } @incollection{vonBergSteffensMuellensiefenetal.2020, author = {von Berg, Markus and Steffens, Jochen and M{\"u}llensiefen, Daniel and Weinzierl, Stefan}, title = {Gibt es raumakustische H{\"o}rexpertise?}, series = {Fortschritte der Akustik - DAGA 2020: 46. Deutsche Jahrestagung f{\"u}r Akustik}, booktitle = {Fortschritte der Akustik - DAGA 2020: 46. Deutsche Jahrestagung f{\"u}r Akustik}, publisher = {Deutsche Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Akustik e.V.}, address = {Berlin}, organization = {Deutsche Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Akustik e.V}, doi = {10.14279/depositonce-9998}, pages = {858 -- 861}, year = {2020}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{vonBergSchwoererPrinzetal.2023, author = {von Berg, Markus and Schw{\"o}rer, Paul and Prinz, Lukas and Steffens, Jochen}, title = {Analysis of physical and perceptual properties of room impulse responses: development of an online tool}, series = {Forum Acusticuum 2023: 10th Convention of European Acoustics Association, Turin, Italy, 11th-15th September 2023}, booktitle = {Forum Acusticuum 2023: 10th Convention of European Acoustics Association, Turin, Italy, 11th-15th September 2023}, publisher = {EAA}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-41955}, pages = {8}, year = {2023}, abstract = {Over the past decades, research in room acoustics has established several derivative measures of an impulse response, some of which are incorporated in the ISO 3382 standards. These parameters intend to represent perceptual qualities, but were developed without a consistent modeling of room acoustical perception. More recent research proposed comprehensive inventories of room acoustic perception that are purely based on evaluations by human subjects, such as the Room Acoustical Quality Index (RAQI). In this work RA-QI scores acquired for 70 room impulse responses were predicted from room acoustical parameters. Except for Reverberance, the prediction of RAQI factors performed rather poor. In most cases, the sound source had a greater impact on RAQI scores. All analyses are published in an online tool, where users can upload omnidirectional and binaural impulse responses, and instantly obtain and visualize several physical descriptors, as well as predicted RAQI scores for three different sound sources. So far, acceptable prediction accuracy is achieved for Reverberance, Strength, Irregular Decay, Clarity and Intimacy. Larger data sets of evaluated impulse responses are required to improve the model performance and enable reliable predictions of room acoustical quality. Therefore, the administration of RAQI evaluations within the website is currently being developed.}, language = {en} } @misc{vonBergSchwoererPrinzetal.2023, author = {von Berg, Markus and Schw{\"o}rer, Paul and Prinz, Lukas and Steffens, Jochen}, title = {OPRA: Akustische Analyse musikalischer Auff{\"u}hrungsr{\"a}ume im Browser}, series = {Akustik Journal}, journal = {Akustik Journal}, number = {3}, issn = {2569-1600}, pages = {41 -- 52}, year = {2023}, abstract = {Der Auff{\"u}hrungsraum leistet einen substantiellen Beitrag zum Erleben von Musikdarbietungen. Zur Beschreibung der Akustik von Auff{\"u}hrungsr{\"a}umen haben sich dabei zahlreiche Messgr{\"o}ßen etabliert, welche bestimmte Wahrnehmungsqualit{\"a}ten, wie z. B. die Halligkeit, abbilden sollen. Dem stellt j{\"u}ngere Forschung rein perzeptive Messinventare gegen{\"u}ber, die den Wahrnehmungseindruck als solchen, losgel{\"o}st vom physikalischen Ursprung, beschreiben. Dieser Artikel beschreibt einen Versuch, diese beiden Forschungsrichtungen zusammenzuf{\"u}hren, indem Bewertungen von Auff{\"u}hrungsr{\"a}umen nach dem perzeptiven Room Acoustical Quality Index (RAQI) durch physikalische Messgr{\"o}ßen modelliert wurden, welche aus einfachen Impulsantwortmessungen ermittelt werden. Dazu wurde eine Auswahl raumakustischer Messgr{\"o}ßen auf f{\"u}nf Dimensionen reduziert und diese als Pr{\"a}diktoren f{\"u}r die einzelnen Wahrnehmungsgr{\"o}ßen des RAQI getestet. Die Berechnung dieser Pr{\"a}diktionsmodelle wird vorgestellt und deren Pr{\"a}zision diskutiert. Anschließend wird die OPRA-Webanwendung vorgestellt, die sowohl die Berechnung der raumakustischen Messgr{\"o}ßen als auch die Pr{\"a}diktion von RAQI-Wahrnehmungsgr{\"o}ßen f{\"u}r die drei Quellsignale Sprache, Orchester und Solotrompete im Browser erm{\"o}glicht. Auch wenn die Pr{\"a}zision der Pr{\"a}diktionsmodelle noch nicht f{\"u}r alle RAQI-Faktoren zuverl{\"a}ssige Ergebnisse liefert, erlaubt OPRA eine umfangreiche akustische Analyse und eine erste Einsch{\"a}tzung der perzeptiven Wirkung von Auff{\"u}hrungsr{\"a}umen.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{VonBergSchwoererPrinzetal.2023, author = {Von Berg, Markus and Schw{\"o}rer, Paul and Prinz, Lukas and Steffens, Jochen}, title = {Analysis of physical and perceptual properties of room impulse responses: development of an online tool}, series = {Proceedings of the 10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association Forum Acusticum 2023, September 11 - 15, 2023,Torino, Italy}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association Forum Acusticum 2023, September 11 - 15, 2023,Torino, Italy}, editor = {Astolfi, Arianna and Asdrubali, Francesco and Shtrepi, Louena}, publisher = {European Acoustics Association}, address = {Turin, Italy}, isbn = {978-88-88942-67-4}, issn = {2221-3767}, doi = {10.61782/fa.2023.0480}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-47929}, pages = {1647 -- 1654}, year = {2023}, abstract = {Over the past decades, research in room acoustics has established several derivative measures of an impulse response, some of which are incorporated in the ISO 3382 standards. These parameters intend to represent perceptual qualities, but were developed without a consistent modeling of room acoustical perception. More recent research proposed comprehensive inventories of room acoustic perception that are purely based on evaluations by human subjects, such as the Room Acoustical Quality Index (RAQI). In this work RAQI scores acquired for 70 room impulse responses were predicted from room acoustical parameters. Except for Reverberance, the prediction of RAQI factors performed rather poor. In most cases, the sound source had a greater impact on RAQI scores. All analyses are published in an online tool, where users can upload omnidirectional and binaural impulse responses, and instantly obtain and visualize several physical descriptors, as well as predicted RAQI scores for three different sound sources. So far, acceptable prediction accuracy is achieved for Reverberance, Strength, Irregular Decay, Clarity and Intimacy. Larger data sets of evaluated impulse responses are required to improve the model performance and enable reliable predictions of room acoustical quality. Therefore, the administration of RAQI evaluations within the website is currently being developed.}, subject = {Raumakustik}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{vonBergPrinzSteffens2022, author = {von Berg, Markus and Prinz, Lukas and Steffens, Jochen}, title = {Comparing individual perception of timbre and reverberance}, publisher = {International Commission for Acoustics}, address = {Gyeoungju, S{\"u}dkorea}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-38706}, pages = {5}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Room reverberation alters the spatial impression and timbre of a sound by modulating its spectral and temporal characteristics. Thus, we argue that, on a perceptual level, reverberation basically breaks down into interaural differences and spectro-temporal cues and that the separation of a perceived timbre into a sound source and a surrounding room is a purely cognitive process. To investigate the connection between the perception of reverberation cues and timbre analysis, the sensitivity for changes in reverberation was compared to timbre perception abilities. The Timbre Perception Test was used to measure the perception of the temporal envelope, spectral centroid, and spectral flux of artificial sounds. Sensitivity for changes in reverberation time was tested with a discrimination task using speech and noise with speech-alike spectral and temporal envelopes as source signals. Musical and acoustical expertise was assessed through the Goldsmiths Musical Sophistication Index and self-reports on experience with and knowledge of acoustics. There was a considerable correlation between timbre and reverberance perception ability, but timbre perception and academic experience predicted only 41\% of the variance in reverberance perception. Still, perception abilities related to similar acoustical phenomena seem to be better indicators of listening skills than self-reports on acoustical or musical expertise.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{vonBergHimmelinSteffens2024, author = {von Berg, Markus and Himmelin, Hendrik and Steffens, Jochen}, title = {Does Noise Sensitivity Decrease Auditory Task Performance and Person-Reliability? [Vortrag]}, series = {Fortschritte der Akustik - DAGA 2024, 18. - 21. M{\"a}rz 2024, Hannover}, booktitle = {Fortschritte der Akustik - DAGA 2024, 18. - 21. M{\"a}rz 2024, Hannover}, publisher = {Deutsche Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Akustik e.V.}, address = {Berlin}, year = {2024}, abstract = {Noise sensitivity is a widely used, yet inconsistently defined, concept of being disturbed by environmental noise, independent of loudness levels. The origins of noise sensitivity are mostly unclear, but it has a higher prevalence among people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism, and could be caused by increased neural excitation due to sound, resulting in increased cognitive load. In this case, noise sensitivity can be expected to decrease people's mental performance in both auditory and non-auditory tasks. The former was tested in an experiment using a dual-task paradigm where participants had to solve a visual task in the presence of environmental sounds and afterwards had to recall which sounds they perceived and to evaluate the overall soundscape pleasantness and loudness. Preliminary results indicate that participants' noise sensitivity is positively correlated with the experienced cognitive load as well as with loudness and unpleasantness judgments. Also, noise sensitivity was negatively associated with the performance in the recall task and the test-retest-reliability of their judgments. These findings support the idea that noise sensitivity is a consequence of difficulties in filtering irrelevant auditory information.}, language = {en} } @article{vonBergHimmeleinSteffens2024, author = {von Berg, Markus and Himmelein, Hendrik and Steffens, Jochen}, title = {Effects of noise sensitivity and listening effort on perceptual ratings of background noise}, series = {JASA Express Letters}, volume = {8}, journal = {JASA Express Letters}, number = {4}, publisher = {AIP Publishing}, issn = {2691-1191}, doi = {10.1121/10.0028201}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-45747}, pages = {7}, year = {2024}, abstract = {Previous research suggests that noise sensitivity is related to inefficient auditory processing that might increase the mental load of noise and affect noise evaluation. This assumption was tested in an experiment using a dual-task paradigm with a visual primary task and an auditory secondary task. Results showed that participants' noise sensitivity was positively correlated with mental effort. Furthermore, mental effort mediated the effect of noise sensitivity on loudness and unpleasantness ratings. The results thus support the idea that noise sensitivity is related to increased mental effort and difficulties in filtering auditory information and that situational factors should be considered.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{vonBergBittaVersuemeretal.2025, author = {von Berg, Markus and Bitta, Joshua and Vers{\"u}mer, Siegbert and Steffens, Jochen}, title = {Investigation of auditory memory through loudness reproduction in the laboratory [Abstract]}, series = {DAS|DAGA 2025: 51st Annual Meeting on Acoustics, March 17-20, 2025, Copenhagen}, booktitle = {DAS|DAGA 2025: 51st Annual Meeting on Acoustics, March 17-20, 2025, Copenhagen}, publisher = {Deutsche Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Akustik e.V.}, address = {Berlin}, year = {2025}, subject = {Ged{\"a}chtnis}, language = {de} } @article{VersuemerSteffensWeinzierl2023, author = {Vers{\"u}mer, Siegbert and Steffens, Jochen and Weinzierl, Stefan}, title = {Day-to-day loudness assessments of indoor soundscapes: Exploring the impact of loudness indicators, person, and situation}, series = {The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America}, volume = {153}, journal = {The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America}, number = {5}, publisher = {Acoustical Society of America (ASA)}, issn = {0001-4966}, doi = {10.1121/10.0019413}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-46127}, pages = {2956 -- 2972}, year = {2023}, abstract = {This study investigates loudness perception in real-world contexts using predictors related to the sound, situation, or person. In the study, 105 participants recorded 6594 sound environments in their homes, which were then evaluated based on the Experience Sampling Method. Hierarchical linear regressions using a loudness level based on ISO 532-1 allowed for obtaining the best model fits for predicting perceived loudness and explaining the highest variance. LAeq and LAF5 provided comparable results and may require less computational effort. However, the analysis shows that only one-third of the variance explained by fixed effects was attributable to the loudness level. Sixteen percent stemmed from perceived properties of the soundscape; 1\% were attributable to relatively temporally stable, person-related predictors like participants' age; non-auditory situational predictors made no additional contribution. The results thus did not confirm previous findings on loudness perception under laboratory conditions, emphasizing the importance of the situational context. Along with the current paper, a comprehensive dataset, including the assessed person-related, situational, and sound-related measures as well as LAeq time-series and third-octave spectrograms, is provided to enable further research on sound perception, indoor soundscapes, and emotion.}, subject = {Lautwahrnehmung}, language = {en} } @misc{VersuemerSteffensRosenthal2023, author = {Vers{\"u}mer, Siegbert and Steffens, Jochen and Rosenthal, Fabian}, title = {Extensive crowdsourced dataset of in-situ evaluated binaural soundscapes of private dwellings containing subjective sound-related and situational ratings along with person factors to study time-varying influences on sound perception - research data}, edition = {V.01.1}, address = {Zenodo}, doi = {10.5281/zenodo.7193937}, year = {2023}, abstract = {The soundscape approach highlights the role of situational factors in sound evaluations; however, only a few studies have applied a multi-domain approach including sound-related, person-related, and time-varying situational variables. Therefore, we conducted a study based on the Experience Sampling Method to measure the relative contribution of a broad range of potentially relevant acoustic and non-auditory variables in predicting indoor soundscape evaluations. Here we present the comprehensive dataset for which 105 participants reported temporally (rather) stable trait variables such as noise sensitivity, trait affect, and quality of life. They rated 6.594 situations regarding the soundscape standard dimensions, perceived loudness, and the saliency of its sound components and evaluated situational variables such as state affect, perceived control, activity, and location. To complement these subject-centered data, we additionally crowdsourced object-centered data by having participants make binaural measurements of each indoor soundscape at their homes using a low-(self-)noise recorder. These recordings were used to compute (psycho-)acoustical indices such as the energetically averaged loudness level, the A-weighted energetically averaged equivalent continuous sound pressure level, and the A-weighted five-percent exceedance level. This complex hierarchical data can be used to investigate time-varying non-auditory influences on sound perception and to develop soundscape indicators based on the binaural recordings to predict soundscape evaluations.}, subject = {soundscape}, language = {en} } @article{VersuemerSteffensBlaettermannetal.2020, author = {Vers{\"u}mer, Siegbert and Steffens, Jochen and Bl{\"a}ttermann, Patrick and Becker-Schweitzer, J{\"o}rg}, title = {Modelling evaluations of low-level sounds in everyday situations using linear machine learning for variable selection}, series = {Frontiers in Psychology}, volume = {11}, journal = {Frontiers in Psychology}, publisher = {Frontiers}, issn = {1664-1078}, doi = {10.3389/fpsyg.2020.570761}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-23779}, year = {2020}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{VersuemerSteffensBlaettermann2022, author = {Vers{\"u}mer, Siegbert and Steffens, Jochen and Bl{\"a}ttermann, Patrick}, title = {Subjektive Lautheitsbewertung unter Einfluss situativer und personenbezogener Faktoren}, series = {Deutsche Jahrestagung f{\"u}r Akustik (DAGA)}, booktitle = {Deutsche Jahrestagung f{\"u}r Akustik (DAGA)}, address = {Stuttgart}, year = {2022}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{VersuemerSteffens2024, author = {Vers{\"u}mer, Siegbert and Steffens, Jochen}, title = {Investigating real indoor soundscapes and their predictability for known and unknown subjects [Vortrag]}, series = {Fortschritte der Akustik - DAGA 2024, 18. - 21. M{\"a}rz 2024, Hannover}, booktitle = {Fortschritte der Akustik - DAGA 2024, 18. - 21. M{\"a}rz 2024, Hannover}, publisher = {Deutsche Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Akustik e.V.}, address = {Berlin}, year = {2024}, abstract = {Understanding people's perception of everyday sound involves a complex interplay of various acoustic and non-acoustic factors. Our objective is to uncover important predictors for predicting real indoor soundscapes. To this end, we re-analyzed soundscape data recorded and evaluated by individuals in their homes, aiming for the utmost ecological validity. Given the intricate nature of sound perception and potential non-linear effects of acoustic and psychoacoustic predictors, we utilized machine-learning methods combined with hierarchical linear modeling to analyze 6375 soundscapes from 96 participants including acoustical, psychoacoustical, as well as situational und person-related predictors. Based on this analysis, we measured both the variability within and between subjects and obtained model fits for the prediction of both soundscape pleasantness and eventfulness. In order to discuss cases where predictions for known individuals or places are of interest, we employed (nested) cross-validation using different data-splitting methods. By doing so, our study sheds light on the generalizability of empirical findings when predicting soundscape evaluations for unknown or known subjects and thus supports a deeper understanding of everyday sound perception.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{VersuemerBlaettermannSteffens2025, author = {Vers{\"u}mer, Siegbert and Bl{\"a}ttermann, Patrick and Steffens, Jochen}, title = {Nonlinearities in generalized models based on different soundscape datasets [Abstract]}, series = {DAS|DAGA 2025: 51st Annual Meeting on Acoustics, March 17-20, 2025, Copenhagen}, booktitle = {DAS|DAGA 2025: 51st Annual Meeting on Acoustics, March 17-20, 2025, Copenhagen}, publisher = {Deutsche Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Akustik e.V.}, address = {Berlin}, year = {2025}, subject = {Soundscape}, language = {en} } @article{TarlaoSteffensGuastavino2021, author = {Tarlao, Cynthia and Steffens, Jochen and Guastavino, Catherine}, title = {Investigating contextual influences on urban soundscape evaluations with structural equation modeling}, series = {Building and Environment}, volume = {188}, journal = {Building and Environment}, publisher = {Elsevier}, issn = {0360-1323}, doi = {10.1016/j.buildenv.2020.107490}, year = {2021}, language = {en} } @article{SteffensWilczekWeinzierl2021, author = {Steffens, Jochen and Wilczek, Tobias and Weinzierl, Stefan}, title = {Junk Food or Haute Cuisine to the Ear? - Investigating the Relationship Between Room Acoustics, Soundscape, Non-Acoustical Factors, and the Perceived Quality of Restaurants}, series = {Frontiers in Built Environment}, volume = {676009}, journal = {Frontiers in Built Environment}, publisher = {Frontiers}, issn = {2297-3362}, doi = {10.3389/fbuil.2021.676009}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-32115}, pages = {11}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Sound and music are well-studied aspects of the quality of experience in restaurants; the role of the room acoustical conditions, their influence on the visitors' soundscape evaluation and their impact on the overall customer satisfaction in restaurants, however, has received less scientific attention. The present field study therefore investigated whether sound pressure level, reverberation time, and soundscape pleasantness can predict factors associated with overall restaurant quality. In total, 142 persons visiting 12 restaurants in Berlin rated relevant acoustical and non-acoustical factors associated with restaurant quality. Simultaneously, the A-weighted sound pressure level (LA,eq,15) was measured, and the reverberation time in the occupied state (T20,occ) was obtained by measurements performed in the unoccupied room and a subsequent calculation of the occupied condition according to DIN 18041. Results from linear mixed-effects models revealed that both the LA,eq,15 and T20,occ had a significant influence on soundscape pleasantness and eventfulness, whereby the effect of T20,occ was meditated by the LA,eq,15. Also, the LA,eq,15 as well as soundscape pleasantness were significant predictors of overall restaurant quality. A comprehensive structural equation model including both acoustical and non-acoustical factors, however, indicates that the effect of soundscape pleasantness on overall restaurant quality is mediated by the restaurant's atmosphere. Our results support and extend previous findings which suggest that the acoustical design of restaurants involves a trade-off between comfort and liveliness, depending on the desired character of the place.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{SteffensWeinzierl2023, author = {Steffens, Jochen and Weinzierl, Stefan}, title = {Noise for dinner - Towards a comprehensive statistical model of the acoustical and overall quality of restaurants}, series = {Proceedings of the 10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association Forum Acusticum 2023, September 11 - 15, 2023,Torino, Italy}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association Forum Acusticum 2023, September 11 - 15, 2023,Torino, Italy}, editor = {Astolfi, Arianna and Asdrubali, Francesco and Shtrepi, Louena}, publisher = {European Acoustics Association}, address = {Turin, Italy}, isbn = {978-88-88942-67-4}, issn = {2221-3767}, doi = {10.61782/fa.2023.0483}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-47908}, pages = {3325 -- 3327}, year = {2023}, abstract = {Studies on noise in restaurants have shown a multitude of potential negative effects, for example related to mood, overall satisfaction, intended revisit, the ability to communicate and the actual behaviour in the room. In this paper, we investigated the complex interplay between room acoustics, soundscape evaluation, non-acoustical aspects of a restaurant visit and overall restaurant quality. Based on acoustical measurements and reports from 142 persons visiting 12 restaurants in Berlin, we propose a structural equation model including both acoustical and non- acoustical factors and yielding a good overall fit. The model, for instance, suggests that the A-weighted sound level negatively impacts the assessment of overall restaurant quality, while the effect of soundscape pleasantness on overall restaurant quality is mediated by the restaurant's perceived atmosphere. Moreover, the reverberation time was found to be effective predominantly through its effect on sound strength, which leads patrons to increasingly raise their speech level to ensure intelligibility. These results thus emphasize the need to design actively the restaurant's acoustical atmosphere beyond pure loudness reduction which involves a specific trade-off between comfort and liveliness, depending on the desired character of the place.}, subject = {European Acoustics Association}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{SteffensSteeleGuastavino2015, author = {Steffens, Jochen and Steele, Daniel and Guastavino, Catherine}, title = {New Insights into Soundscape Evaluations Using the Experience Sampling Method}, series = {Proceedings of Euronoise 2015, 31 May - 3 June, Maastricht}, booktitle = {Proceedings of Euronoise 2015, 31 May - 3 June, Maastricht}, address = {Maastricht}, pages = {1495 -- 1500}, year = {2015}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{SteffensSteeleGuastavino2016, author = {Steffens, Jochen and Steele, Daniel and Guastavino, Catherine}, title = {Der Einfluss von Musik auf die Bewertung der Umwelt}, series = {Fortschritte der Akustik - DAGA 2016 (Aachen)}, booktitle = {Fortschritte der Akustik - DAGA 2016 (Aachen)}, address = {Aachen}, year = {2016}, language = {de} } @incollection{SteffensSteeleGuastavino2016, author = {Steffens, Jochen and Steele, Daniel and Guastavino, Catherine}, title = {Music influences the perception of our acoustic and visual environment}, series = {Proceedings of the 45th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering, INTER-NOISE 2016}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 45th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering, INTER-NOISE 2016}, organization = {Institute of Noise Control Engineering}, pages = {7155 -- 7160}, year = {2016}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{SteffensSteeleGuastavino2015, author = {Steffens, Jochen and Steele, Daniel and Guastavino, Catherine}, title = {Die Experience Sampling Methode - Ein Werkzeug der Zukunft f{\"u}r die Soundscape-Forschung?}, series = {Fortschritte der Akustik}, booktitle = {Fortschritte der Akustik}, editor = {Becker, Stefan}, publisher = {Deutsche Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Akustik e.V.}, address = {Berlin}, year = {2015}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{SteffensSteeleGuastavino2015, author = {Steffens, Jochen and Steele, Daniel and Guastavino, Catherine}, title = {How does music affect soundscape evaluation?}, series = {Proceedings of the Ninth Triennial Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM)}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Ninth Triennial Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM)}, editor = {Ginsborg, Jane and Lamont, Alexandra}, address = {Manchester}, year = {2015}, language = {de} } @article{SteffensSteeleGuastavino2015, author = {Steffens, Jochen and Steele, Daniel and Guastavino, Catherine}, title = {Measuring Momentary and Retrospective Soundscape Evaluations in Everyday Life by Means of the Experience Sampling Method}, series = {The Brunswik Society Newsletter}, volume = {30}, journal = {The Brunswik Society Newsletter}, publisher = {The Brunswik society}, pages = {45 -- 48}, year = {2015}, language = {en} } @article{SteffensSteeleGuastavino2017, author = {Steffens, Jochen and Steele, Daniel and Guastavino, Catherine}, title = {Situational and person-related factors influencing momentary and retrospective soundscape evaluations in day-to-day life}, series = {The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America}, volume = {141}, journal = {The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America}, number = {3}, publisher = {AIP}, doi = {10.1121/1.4976627}, pages = {1414 -- 1425}, year = {2017}, language = {en} } @incollection{SteffensSkodaBeckerSchweitzeretal.2014, author = {Steffens, Jochen and Skoda, Sabrina and Becker-Schweitzer, J{\"o}rg and Kameier, J{\"o}rg and Heinze, Michael}, title = {Soundscaping im h{\"a}uslichen Umfeld - K{\"o}nnen Wasserger{\"a}usche Straßenverkehrsl{\"a}rm ertr{\"a}glicher machen?}, series = {"Fortschritte der Akustik"}, booktitle = {"Fortschritte der Akustik"}, editor = {Kollmeier, Birger}, publisher = {Deutsche Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Audiologie}, address = {Oldenburg; Berlin}, isbn = {978-3-939296-06-5}, pages = {513 -- 514}, year = {2014}, language = {de} } @article{SteffensSkodaBeckerSchweitzeretal.2014, author = {Steffens, Jochen and Skoda, Sabrina and Becker-Schweitzer, J{\"o}rg and Heinze, Michael}, title = {K{\"o}nnen Wasserger{\"a}usche zur Minderung der L{\"a}stigkeit von Straßenverkehrsl{\"a}rm im Wohnumfeld [Can water sounds contribute to a reduced annoyance caused by road traffic noise in living environments?] beitragen?}, series = {L{\"a}rmbek{\"a}mpfung}, volume = {9}, journal = {L{\"a}rmbek{\"a}mpfung}, number = {4}, publisher = {Springer-VDI}, pages = {172 -- 178}, year = {2014}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{SteffensSchulteFortkampBeckerSchweitzer2011, author = {Steffens, Jochen and Schulte-Fortkamp, Brigitte and Becker-Schweitzer, J{\"o}rg}, title = {Design of domestic soundscapes - Evaluation of household appliances in laboratory and reality}, series = {Proceedings of Forum Acusticum 2011}, booktitle = {Proceedings of Forum Acusticum 2011}, publisher = {Spanish Acoustical Society}, address = {Madrid}, isbn = {9788469415207}, year = {2011}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{SteffensSchulteFortkampBeckerSchweitzer2012, author = {Steffens, Jochen and Schulte-Fortkamp, Brigitte and Becker-Schweitzer, J{\"o}rg}, title = {Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion als Einflussfaktor bei der Ger{\"a}uschbewertung im akustischen Produkt-Design}, series = {Fortschritte der Akustik}, booktitle = {Fortschritte der Akustik}, editor = {Hanselka, Holger}, publisher = {Deutsche Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Akustik e.V.}, address = {Berlin}, isbn = {978-3-939296-04-1}, year = {2012}, language = {de} } @article{SteffensSchulteFortkampBeckerSchweitzer2012, author = {Steffens, Jochen and Schulte-Fortkamp, Brigitte and Becker-Schweitzer, J{\"o}rg}, title = {Human-machine interaction as influencing factor of indoor soundscape evaluation}, series = {The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America}, volume = {131}, journal = {The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America}, number = {4}, publisher = {AIP}, doi = {10.1121/1.4708899}, year = {2012}, language = {en} } @article{SteffensSchulteFortkampBeckerSchweitzer2012, author = {Steffens, Jochen and Schulte-Fortkamp, Brigitte and Becker-Schweitzer, J{\"o}rg}, title = {Ger{\"a}uschbewertung von Haushaltsger{\"a}ten im Labor und in der Realit{\"a}t [Sound evaluations of household appliances in laboratory and in real environments]}, series = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r L{\"a}rmbek{\"a}mpfung}, volume = {7}, journal = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r L{\"a}rmbek{\"a}mpfung}, number = {2}, publisher = {Springer}, pages = {64 -- 68}, year = {2012}, language = {de} } @article{SteffensPetrenkoGuastavino2014, author = {Steffens, Jochen and Petrenko, Johannes and Guastavino, Catherine}, title = {Comparison of momentary and retrospective soundscape evaluations}, series = {Journal of the Acoustical Society of America}, volume = {135}, journal = {Journal of the Acoustical Society of America}, number = {2}, publisher = {AIP Publishing}, doi = {10.1121/1.4877121}, pages = {2187}, year = {2014}, language = {en} } @article{SteffensMuellerSchulzetal.2020, author = {Steffens, Jochen and M{\"u}ller, Franz and Schulz, Melanie and Gibson, Samuel}, title = {The effect of inattention and cognitive load on unpleasantness judgments of environmental sounds}, series = {Applied Acoustics}, volume = {164}, journal = {Applied Acoustics}, publisher = {Elsevier}, issn = {0003-682X}, doi = {10.1016/j.apacoust.2020.107278}, year = {2020}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{SteffensMuellerSchulzetal.2019, author = {Steffens, Jochen and M{\"u}ller, Franz and Schulz, Melanie and Gibson, Samuel}, title = {Cognitive load influences the evaluation of complex acoustical scenarios}, series = {Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics}, publisher = {Deutsche Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Akustik e.V.}, address = {Aachen}, isbn = {978-3-939296-15-7}, doi = {10.18154/RWTH-CONV-239577}, year = {2019}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{SteffensLepaHerzogetal.2017, author = {Steffens, Jochen and Lepa, Steffen and Herzog, Martin and Sch{\"o}nrock, Andreas and Peeters, Geoffroy and Egermann, Hauke}, title = {High-level chord features extracted from audio can predict perceived musical expression}, series = {Extended Abstracts for the Late-Breaking Demo Session of the 18th ISMIR Conference 2017}, booktitle = {Extended Abstracts for the Late-Breaking Demo Session of the 18th ISMIR Conference 2017}, address = {Suzhou, China}, year = {2017}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{SteffensLepaHerzogetal.2018, author = {Steffens, Jochen and Lepa, Steffen and Herzog, Martin and Sch{\"o}nrock, Andreas and Egermann, Hauke}, title = {"Bridging the Semantic Gap" - Kann der semantische Ausdruck von Musik mithilfe von akustischen Signaleigenschaften vorhergesagt werden?}, series = {Tagungsband - DAGA 2018}, booktitle = {Tagungsband - DAGA 2018}, publisher = {Deutsche Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Akustik e.V.}, address = {Berlin}, organization = {Deutsche Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Akustik e.V. (DEGA)}, isbn = {978-3939296133}, year = {2018}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{SteffensLepaEgermannetal.2017, author = {Steffens, Jochen and Lepa, Steffen and Egermann, Hauke and Sch{\"o}nrock, Andreas and Herzog, Martin}, title = {Entwicklung eines Systems zur automatischen Musikempfehlung im Kontext des Audio Brandings}, series = {Fortschritte der Akustik - DAGA 2017}, booktitle = {Fortschritte der Akustik - DAGA 2017}, publisher = {Deutsche Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Akustik e.V.}, address = {Berlin}, organization = {Deutsche Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Akustik e.V. (DEGA)}, isbn = {978-3939296126}, pages = {198 -- 201}, year = {2017}, language = {de} } @incollection{SteffensKueppersSkoda2011, author = {Steffens, Jochen and K{\"u}ppers, Thomas and Skoda, Sabrina}, title = {Psychologische Einflussfaktoren bei der Beurteilung des Innenger{\"a}usches von Elektrofahrzeugen}, series = {5. DEGA-Symposium "E-Mobilit{\"a}t \& Akustik": 21. Oktober 2011, Stuttgart}, booktitle = {5. DEGA-Symposium "E-Mobilit{\"a}t \& Akustik": 21. Oktober 2011, Stuttgart}, address = {Stuttgart}, organization = {Deutsche Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Akustik e.V.}, year = {2011}, language = {de} } @article{SteffensKueppersSkoda2011, author = {Steffens, Jochen and K{\"u}ppers, Thomas and Skoda, Sabrina}, title = {Psychological factors influencing the evaluation of electric vehicle interior noise}, series = {Journal of the Acoustical Society of America}, volume = {130}, journal = {Journal of the Acoustical Society of America}, number = {4}, publisher = {AIP}, doi = {10.1121/1.3655176}, pages = {2546}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Increasing global awareness of the benefits of electromobility has brought about the need for new concepts in terms of the acoustic design of future vehicle generations. This includes both the creative design process and the development of suitable methods for the evaluation of target sounds by trial participants. The main difference between e-car sound surveys and those carried out on familiar sound categories is the potential consumer's lack of experience with electric vehicles. Thus the consumer has no, or very unspecific, expectations in this regard. Several studies have consequently shown that many subjects have to construct their personal frame of reference for evaluation within the listening experiment. However, this is possibly at odds with experience-based expectations relating to the sounds of conventional combustion engines. The result is a conflict of objectives between the traditional and the modern, familiarity and strangeness and not least between driving freedom and ecological awareness. In this context, the authenticity of the sound and the subjective interpretability of the sound information also appear as moderator variables. Moreover, associations with other vehicle categories, for example streetcars, also influence the perceived sound quality. In the course of this contribution, these factors will be expounded and their influence on the evaluation of interior noise discussed.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{SteffensJoschkoGiangetal.2025, author = {Steffens, Jochen and Joschko, Marcel and Giang, Hien and Huber, Florian}, title = {Using machine learning to identify acoustic fingerprints of concert halls in classical audio recordings [Abstract]}, series = {DAS|DAGA 2025: 51st Annual Meeting on Acoustics, March 17-20, 2025, Copenhagen}, booktitle = {DAS|DAGA 2025: 51st Annual Meeting on Acoustics, March 17-20, 2025, Copenhagen}, publisher = {Deutsche Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Akustik e.V.}, address = {Berlin}, year = {2025}, subject = {Datenanalyse}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{SteffensHimmelein2022, author = {Steffens, Jochen and Himmelein, Hendrik}, title = {Induced cognitive load influences unpleasantness judgments of modulated noise}, series = {Proceedings of the 24th International Congress on Acoustics}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 24th International Congress on Acoustics}, address = {Gyeoungju, S{\"u}dkorea}, year = {2022}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{SteffensGuastavino2014, author = {Steffens, Jochen and Guastavino, Catherine}, title = {Looking back by looking into the future - The role of anticipation and trend effects in retrospective judgments of musical excitement}, series = {Proceedings of the Congress of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, New York City (NY), USA}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Congress of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, New York City (NY), USA}, address = {New York}, organization = {IAEA}, year = {2014}, language = {en} } @article{SteffensGuastavino2015, author = {Steffens, Jochen and Guastavino, Catherine}, title = {Trend Effects of Momentary and Retrospective Soundscape Evaluations}, series = {Acta Acustica united with Acustica}, volume = {101}, journal = {Acta Acustica united with Acustica}, publisher = {Hirzel}, pages = {713 -- 722}, year = {2015}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{SteffensGrebSchlotz2016, author = {Steffens, Jochen and Greb, Fabian and Schlotz, Wolff}, title = {Why listen to music right now? - Towards an inventory measuring the functions of music listening under situational influences}, series = {Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC), San Francisco (CA), USA}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC), San Francisco (CA), USA}, address = {San Francisco, UA}, isbn = {1-876346-65-5}, pages = {842}, year = {2016}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{SteffensGrebSchlotz2018, author = {Steffens, Jochen and Greb, Fabian and Schlotz, Wolff}, title = {Patterns of situational cues and characteristics contributing to music listening in daily life: Towards a taxonomy of music listening situations}, series = {Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC), Graz, Austria.}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC), Graz, Austria.}, address = {Graz}, year = {2018}, language = {en} } @article{SteffensDinneenDonneretal.2024, author = {Steffens, Jochen and Dinneen, Jesse David and Donner, Sascha and Potthoff, Tom}, title = {'Alexa, play metal': exploring music selection and personal information management via voice assistants}, series = {Information Research an international electronic journal}, volume = {29}, journal = {Information Research an international electronic journal}, number = {2}, publisher = {University of Boras, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT}, issn = {1368-1613}, doi = {10.47989/ir292646}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-44639}, pages = {50 -- 70}, year = {2024}, abstract = {Introduction. Music streaming services have changed how music is played and perceived, but also how it is managed by individuals. Voice interfaces to such services are becoming increasingly common, for example through voice assistants on mobile and smart devices, and have the potential to further change personal music management by introducing new beneficial features and new challenges. Method. To explore the implications of voice assistants for personal music listening and management we surveyed 248 participants online and in a lab setting to investigate (a) in which situations people use voice assistants to play music, (b) how the situations compare to established activities common during non-voice assistant music listening, and (c) what kinds of commands they use. Analysis. We categorised 653 situations of voice assistant use, which reflect differences to non-voice assistant music listening, and established 11 command types, which mostly reflect finding or refinding activities but also indicate keeping and organisation activities. Results. Voice assistants have some benefits for music listening and personal music management, but also a notable lack of support for traditional personal information management activities, like browsing, that are common when managing music. Conclusion. Having characterised the use of voice assistants to play music, we consider their role in personal music management and make suggestions for improved design and future research.}, language = {en} } @misc{SteffensBlaettermannSattleretal.2025, author = {Steffens, Jochen and Bl{\"a}ttermann, Patrick and Sattler, Maximilian and Tang, Kevin}, title = {How does a credible voice sound? [Project Repository]}, publisher = {Open Science Framework}, doi = {10.17605/OSF.IO/MTCUH}, year = {2025}, abstract = {A project repository for the paper: Steffens, Bl{\"a}ttermann, Sattler and Tang (2025, "How does a credible voice sound?"). It contains three components: the dataset, data analyses and the materials to elicit the speech data.}, subject = {Sprechen}, language = {en} } @article{SteffensBlaettermannSattleretal.2025, author = {Steffens, Jochen and Bl{\"a}ttermann, Patrick and Sattler, Maximilian and Tang, Kevin}, title = {How does a credible voice sound?}, series = {The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America}, volume = {157}, journal = {The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America}, number = {5}, publisher = {Acoustical Society of America}, issn = {1520-8524}, doi = {10.1121/10.0036646}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-53133}, pages = {3780 -- 3792}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Credibility is a crucial social factor that influences people's perception and decision-making. This study explores the acoustic attributes that define credible speech compared to neutral and ironic speech. A custom-built German corpus was developed, containing speech samples recorded from amateurs to enhance ecological validity. The study extracted a broad set of audio features from these samples, employing recursive feature elimination to identify the most influential attributes. These were then analyzed using a machine-learning-supported multinomial logistic regression model. The results indicated significant differences in the acoustic features associated with credible speech compared to neutral and ironic speech. Key findings include the role of a higher energy level (1st mel-frequency cepstral coefficient) in credible compared to neutral and ironic speech and a higher speaking rate in both credible and ironic compared to neutral speech. Also, irony is characterized by more high-frequency content (mean spectral centroid) compared to credible or neutral speech. Gender differences in spoken irony involve a greater influence of speaking rate in women's speech, while high pitch plays a more significant role in men's speech. This research thus contributes to the understanding of how credibility is conveyed through speech and offers insights for applications in communication, media, and artificial intelligence. The study also highlights the methodological advancements made by incorporating a diverse range of acoustic features and employing a robust machine-learning framework.}, subject = {Sprechen}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{SteffensBlaettermannJoschko2024, author = {Steffens, Jochen and Bl{\"a}ttermann, Patrick and Joschko, Marcel}, title = {Exploring Album Dramaturgy: A Computational Music Analysis Across Pop Music History [Abstract]}, series = {escom12 - The 12th Triennial Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music: Book of Abstracts}, booktitle = {escom12 - The 12th Triennial Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music: Book of Abstracts}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t Graz}, address = {Graz}, doi = {10.25364/602.2024.3}, pages = {245 -- 246}, year = {2024}, abstract = {Background A musical album can be considered a central artwork of an artist, and the order of its songs can influence the way the album is perceived by the listener. That is, purposeful sequencing can create an emotional journey and suspense (Lehne \& K{\"o}lsch, 2015), tell a story or reinforce a particular concept or theme in the artist's music. Aim(s) This study thus aimed on examining the evolution of albums over the course of pop music history and on unveiling patterns (i.e. clusters) and temporal shifts in emotion- related album dramaturgy dependent on the cultural context (in terms of genres) by utilizing advanced computational methods. Methods We first created a dataset by scraping titles and artists of the weekly Top 10 albums (n = 14.394) from the Billboard.com charts from 1957 to 2022. We further extracted the emotion-related audio descriptors 'valence' and 'energy' from the Spotify Developer API for each track of the corresponding album, resulting in two-dimensional time series. We then employed Deep Time Series Embedding Clustering (DeTSEC; lenco et al., 2020) which can handle multivariate time series of different length. Finally, k-means clustering was applied on the embeddings produced by the DeTSEC, resulting in a 12 cluster solution. Results To facilitate the interpretation of our solution, we determined the most representative album of a cluster using the smallest Euclidean distance to its centroid. Preliminary time series analysis of the resulting 12 albums confirm different emotional trajectories of the respective clusters, for instance showing decreasing valence and arousal values over time for "I am up" by Young Thug (Cluster 6) or highest valence and arousal values at the beginning and the end of the album for"The New Classic" by Iggy Azalea (Cluster 12). Furthermore, Chi² tests revealed significant associations between an album's cluster membership and both its year of release and its genre. Discussion and Conclusion The study constitutes a first step in shedding light on the evolution of albums in modern popular music since its emergence. It further provides an insight into how temporal dramaturgies in terms of the emotion-related arrangement of songs of albums differ across genres and undergo cultural trends and temporal shifts. References Ienco D, \& Interdonato R (2020). Deep Multivariate Time Series Embedding Clustering via Attentive-Gated Autoencoder. Advances in Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining. 318-329 Lehne, M., \& Koelsch, S. (2015). Toward a general psychological model of tension and suspense. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 79.}, subject = {Popmusik}, language = {de} } @article{SteffensAngladaTort2023, author = {Steffens, Jochen and Anglada-Tort, Manuel}, title = {The effect of visual recognition on listener choices when searching for music in playlists}, series = {Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts}, journal = {Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts}, publisher = {American Psychological Association}, issn = {1931-3896}, doi = {10.1037/aca0000562}, year = {2023}, language = {en} } @misc{Steffens2007, author = {Steffens, Jochen}, title = {Untersuchung von Abbeiß- und Kauger{\"a}uschen bei Geb{\"a}ckkonsum}, address = {D{\"u}sseldorf}, year = {2007}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{Steffens2013, author = {Steffens, Jochen}, title = {Ger{\"a}uschbeurteilung im Kontext des Wohnumfeldes}, series = {ALD-Winterveranstaltung "Nachbarschaftsl{\"a}rm"}, booktitle = {ALD-Winterveranstaltung "Nachbarschaftsl{\"a}rm"}, address = {Berlin}, year = {2013}, language = {de} } @incollection{Steffens2013, author = {Steffens, Jochen}, title = {Realism and ecological validity of sound quality experiments on household appliances}, series = {Soundscape of European Cities and Landscapes: COST TD0804 Final conference : Soundscape of European cities and landscapes Conference location Merano, Italy, 2013-03-22}, booktitle = {Soundscape of European Cities and Landscapes: COST TD0804 Final conference : Soundscape of European cities and landscapes Conference location Merano, Italy, 2013-03-22}, editor = {Kang, Jian and Chourmouziadou, K. and Sakantamis, K. and Wang, B. and Hao, Y.}, publisher = {Soundscape-COST}, address = {Oxford}, isbn = {9780957691414}, pages = {132 -- 135}, year = {2013}, abstract = {Test environments in sound quality research often significantly differ from human's everyday world. Hence the claim for ecological validity of such experiments is reasonable, but too vague in its bare formulation. The estimation of ecological validity requires theoretical knowledge about the meaning and the totality of factors influencing everyday listening and their interaction. Therefore the influence of "reality factors" on the sound evaluation of household appliances was investigated within the framework of nine experiments. These tests were performed in four different settings with varied reality degrees. The psychological realism and the perceived face validity of the tests were examined by means of interviews. The results reveal, on the one hand, that stimuli are perceived as more pleasant in everyday-like environments. The analysis of the relative judgments shows, on the other hand, that the influence of the experimental realism is moderated by a number of factors. These are the saliency and meaning of the sounds, differences between the assessed devices, and personality traits. The correlation and regression analysis confirms that the perceived sound character is widely independent from experimental realism. However, there is great empirical evidence, that valid assessments of sound quality require the reconstruction of everyday attention and action processes.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{Steffens2013, author = {Steffens, Jochen}, title = {When do we judge sounds? - Relevant everyday situations for the estimation of ecological validity of indoor soundscape experiments}, series = {International Congress on Acoustics (ICA) 2013, Montr{\´e}al, Canada}, booktitle = {International Congress on Acoustics (ICA) 2013, Montr{\´e}al, Canada}, address = {Montr{\´e}al}, doi = {10.1121/1.4800346}, year = {2013}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Steffens2013, author = {Steffens, Jochen}, title = {"Wie viel Realit{\"a}t braucht der Mensch?" - Untersuchungen zum Einfluss der Versuchsumgebung auf die Ger{\"a}uschbeurteilung von Haushaltsger{\"a}ten}, publisher = {Technische Universit{\"a}t}, address = {Berlin}, organization = {Technische Universit{\"a}t}, doi = {10.14279/depositonce-3732}, year = {2013}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{Steffens2018, author = {Steffens, Jochen}, title = {Kann Filmmusik moralische Urteile von dargebotenen Filmhandlungen beeinflussen?}, series = {34. Abstract-Band zur Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Musikpsychologie (DGM)}, booktitle = {34. Abstract-Band zur Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Musikpsychologie (DGM)}, organization = {Deutschen Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Musikpsychologie}, year = {2018}, language = {de} } @article{Steffens2012, author = {Steffens, Jochen}, title = {Urteilsbildung bei der subjektiven Bewertung des Innenger{\"a}usches von Elektrofahrzeugen}, series = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r L{\"a}rmbek{\"a}mpfung}, volume = {7}, journal = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r L{\"a}rmbek{\"a}mpfung}, number = {3}, publisher = {Springer}, pages = {133 -- 135}, year = {2012}, language = {de} } @article{Steffens2016, author = {Steffens, Jochen}, title = {Neue Einblicke in die Bewertung von Soundscapes mithilfe der Experience Sampling Methode [New Insights into Soundscape Evaluations Using the Experience Sampling Method]}, series = {L{\"a}rmbek{\"a}mpfung}, volume = {11}, journal = {L{\"a}rmbek{\"a}mpfung}, number = {1}, publisher = {Springer-VDI}, pages = {20 -- 22}, year = {2016}, language = {de} } @article{Steffens2020, author = {Steffens, Jochen}, title = {The influence of film music on moral judgments of movie scenes and felt emotions}, series = {Psychology of Music}, volume = {48}, journal = {Psychology of Music}, publisher = {Sage}, pages = {3 -- 17}, year = {2020}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{SteeleSteffensGuastavino2015, author = {Steele, Daniel and Steffens, Jochen and Guastavino, Catherine}, title = {The role of activity in urban soundscape evaluations}, series = {Proceedings of Euronoise 2015, 31 May - 3 June, Maastricht}, booktitle = {Proceedings of Euronoise 2015, 31 May - 3 June, Maastricht}, address = {Maastricht}, organization = {EAA}, pages = {1507 -- 1512}, year = {2015}, language = {en} } @article{SkodaSteffensKueppers2011, author = {Skoda, Sabrina and Steffens, Jochen and K{\"u}ppers, Thomas}, title = {Auditory-proprioceptive interaction - How do acceleration forces influence the evaluation of driving sounds?}, series = {Journal of the Acoustical Society of America}, volume = {130}, journal = {Journal of the Acoustical Society of America}, number = {4}, publisher = {AIP}, year = {2011}, language = {en} } @incollection{SkodaSteffensBuechel2011, author = {Skoda, Sabrina and Steffens, Jochen and B{\"u}chel, Joachim}, title = {Untersuchungen zum Einfluss von Beschleunigungskr{\"a}ften auf die Ger{\"a}uschbewertung im Fahrzeuginnenraum}, series = {5. DEGA-Symposium "E-Mobilit{\"a}t \& Akustik"}, booktitle = {5. DEGA-Symposium "E-Mobilit{\"a}t \& Akustik"}, address = {Stuttgart}, organization = {Deutsche Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Akustik e.V.}, year = {2011}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{SkodaSteffensBeckerSchweitzer2015, author = {Skoda, Sabrina and Steffens, Jochen and Becker-Schweitzer, J{\"o}rg}, title = {Zusammenhang zwischen Bewertungen der Angenehmheit von einzelnen und miteinander kombinierten Ger{\"a}uschen}, series = {Fortschritte der Akustik}, booktitle = {Fortschritte der Akustik}, editor = {Becker, Stefan}, publisher = {Deutsche Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Akustik e.V.}, address = {Berlin}, isbn = {978-3-939296-08-9}, year = {2015}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{SkodaSteffensBeckerSchweitzer2012, author = {Skoda, Sabrina and Steffens, Jochen and Becker-Schweitzer, J{\"o}rg}, title = {Einfluss von Fahrzeuginnenger{\"a}uschen auf die subjektive Bewertung von Beschleunigung}, series = {Fortschritte der Akustik}, booktitle = {Fortschritte der Akustik}, editor = {Hanselka, Holger}, publisher = {Deutsche Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Akustik e.V.}, address = {Berlin}, organization = {Deutsche Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Akustik}, isbn = {978-3-939296-04-1}, year = {2012}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{SkodaSteffensBeckerSchweitzer2012, author = {Skoda, Sabrina and Steffens, Jochen and Becker-Schweitzer, J{\"o}rg}, title = {Multisensory interaction - A comparative study on driving sound evaluation in moving base and fixed base driving simulators}, series = {Proceedings of the Driving Simulation Conference 2012, CD-ROM}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Driving Simulation Conference 2012, CD-ROM}, address = {Paris}, year = {2012}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{SkodaSteffensBeckerSchweitzer2013, author = {Skoda, Sabrina and Steffens, Jochen and Becker-Schweitzer, J{\"o}rg}, title = {Investigations on subconscious perception of product sounds}, series = {Fortschritte der Akustik 2013}, booktitle = {Fortschritte der Akustik 2013}, year = {2013}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{SkodaSteffensBeckerSchweitzer2014, author = {Skoda, Sabrina and Steffens, Jochen and Becker-Schweitzer, J{\"o}rg}, title = {Contribution of single sounds to sound quality assessments of multi-source environments}, series = {Proceedings of Internoise (Melbourne)}, booktitle = {Proceedings of Internoise (Melbourne)}, address = {Melbourne}, year = {2014}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{SkodaSteffensBeckerSchweitzer2014, author = {Skoda, Sabrina and Steffens, Jochen and Becker-Schweitzer, J{\"o}rg}, title = {Ger{\"a}uschbewertungen in komplexen akustischen Umgebungen -Wie tragen einzelne Schallquellen zur subjektiven Bewertung der L{\"a}stigkeit einer Soundscape bei?}, series = {"Fortschritte der Akustik"}, booktitle = {"Fortschritte der Akustik"}, editor = {Kollmeier, Birger}, publisher = {Deutsche Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Audiologie}, address = {Oldenburg; Berlin}, organization = {Deutsche Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Audiologie}, isbn = {978-3-939296-06-5}, pages = {511 -- 512}, year = {2014}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{SkodaSteffensBeckerSchweitzer2014, author = {Skoda, Sabrina and Steffens, Jochen and Becker-Schweitzer, J{\"o}rg}, title = {Road traffic noise annoyance in domestic environments can be reduced by water sounds}, series = {Proceedings of Forum Acusticum 2014 (Krakow), CD-ROM}, booktitle = {Proceedings of Forum Acusticum 2014 (Krakow), CD-ROM}, address = {Krakow}, organization = {EAA}, year = {2014}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{SkodaSteffensBeckerSchweitzer2015, author = {Skoda, Sabrina and Steffens, Jochen and Becker-Schweitzer, J{\"o}rg}, title = {Sound Quality evaluation of acoustical environments with multiple sources}, series = {Proceedings of Euronoise 2015, 31 May - 3 June, Maastricht}, booktitle = {Proceedings of Euronoise 2015, 31 May - 3 June, Maastricht}, address = {Maastricht}, organization = {EAA}, year = {2015}, language = {en} } @article{SkodaSteffensBeckerSchweitzer2012, author = {Skoda, Sabrina and Steffens, Jochen and Becker-Schweitzer, J{\"o}rg}, title = {Einfluss von Beschleunigungskr{\"a}ften auf die Ger{\"a}uschbewertung im Fahrzeuginnenraum}, series = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r L{\"a}rmbek{\"a}mpfung}, volume = {7}, journal = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r L{\"a}rmbek{\"a}mpfung}, number = {1}, publisher = {Springer}, pages = {24 -- 28}, year = {2012}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{SerditovaTangSteffens2025, author = {Serditova, Dana and Tang, Kevin and Steffens, Jochen}, title = {Automatic Speech Recognition Biases in Newcastle English: an Error Analysis}, series = {Interspeech 2025, 17 - 21 August in Rotterdam}, booktitle = {Interspeech 2025, 17 - 21 August in Rotterdam}, publisher = {ISCA}, doi = {10.21437/Interspeech.2025-1973}, pages = {3204 -- 3208}, year = {2025}, subject = {Automatische Spracherkennung}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{SchlotzGrebSteffens2017, author = {Schlotz, Wolff and Greb, Fabian and Steffens, Jochen}, title = {Smartphones as research tools in ambulatory assessment: Effects of own or loan devices on adherence, response attrition, usability, and reactivity}, series = {Proceedings of the 5th Conference of the Society for Ambulatory Assessment (SAA 2017), Luxembourg}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 5th Conference of the Society for Ambulatory Assessment (SAA 2017), Luxembourg}, address = {Luxembourg}, year = {2017}, language = {en} } @article{RuthHantschelLoepthienetal.2024, author = {Ruth, Nicolas and Hantschel, Florian and Loepthien, Tim and Randall, Will M. and Steffens, Jochen}, title = {The relation between technology acceptance and music listening: An experience sampling study}, series = {Jahrbuch Musikpsychologie}, volume = {32}, journal = {Jahrbuch Musikpsychologie}, publisher = {Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID)}, issn = {2569-5665}, doi = {10.5964/jbdgm.181}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-44662}, pages = {1 -- 10}, year = {2024}, abstract = {In the intersection of technology and music listening, understanding user experiences is paramount. This research employed the Experience Sampling Method via the smartphone app MuPsych to continuously capture real-time data on individuals' music listening behaviors and related emotional responses. Over a span of two weeks, participants from Germany were prompted to report on various factors as they engaged in music listening, resulting in a rich dataset. Results indicate that Spotify Premium was the most frequently used music application, with personal playlists being the preferred listening format. To unravel the intricacies of these responses and their determinants, linear mixed-effects model analysis was utilized. Among the critical findings, the Perceived Usefulness and Perceived Ease of Use, two of the central constructs of the Technology Acceptance Model, emerged as significant predictors for the valence and enjoyment of the music experienced by users during the onset of music listening sessions. This highlights the imperative role of user-friendly interfaces in enhancing positive emotional states even before fully engaging with the music, underscoring the need for designers and developers of music-related apps to prioritise usability and useful functions.}, language = {en} } @incollection{RosenthalVersuemerSteffens2022, author = {Rosenthal, Fabian and Vers{\"u}mer, Siegbert and Steffens, Jochen}, title = {Audioinhaltsanalyse und Multilevelmodellierung zur Vorhersage der Bewertung von Indoor Soundscapes}, series = {Deutsche Jahrestagung f{\"u}r Akustik (DAGA)}, booktitle = {Deutsche Jahrestagung f{\"u}r Akustik (DAGA)}, publisher = {DAGA}, address = {Stuttgart}, year = {2022}, language = {de} } @article{RosenfeldSteffens2019, author = {Rosenfeld, Ninett and Steffens, Jochen}, title = {Effects of congruency of combined audiovisual stimuli in movie scenes on perceived emotions in the context of film reception}, series = {Psychomusicology: Music, Mind \& Brain}, volume = {29}, journal = {Psychomusicology: Music, Mind \& Brain}, number = {4}, publisher = {APA}, doi = {10.1037/pmu0000242}, pages = {200 -- 208}, year = {2019}, language = {en} } @misc{PtasczynskiBlaettermannGregetal.2023, author = {Ptasczynski, Lena Esther and Bl{\"a}ttermann, Patrick and Greg, Fabian and Sterzer, Philipp and Steffens, Jochen}, title = {Dataset related to the paper "The vibe of musical and social reward: Listening to beat-based music acts as a surrogate for socioemotional support during the Covid-19 pandemic"}, edition = {v0.9}, publisher = {Zenodo}, doi = {10.5281/zenodo.7669360}, year = {2023}, abstract = {The set includes data related to the paper "The vibe of musical and social reward: Listening to beat-based music acts as a surrogate for socioemotional support during the Covid-19 pandemic" *************** Information *************** Dataset of the related text publication: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2529116/v1}, language = {en} } @unpublished{PtasczynskiBlaettermannGrebetal.2023, author = {Ptasczynski, Lena Esther and Bl{\"a}ttermann, Patrick and Greb, Fabian and Sterzer, Philipp and Steffens, Jochen}, title = {The vibe of musical and social reward: Listening to beat-based music acts as a surrogate for socioemotional support during the Covid-19 pandemic}, series = {Research Square}, journal = {Research Square}, edition = {v1}, publisher = {Research Square}, doi = {10.21203/rs.3.rs-2529116/v1}, pages = {34}, year = {2023}, abstract = {Music listening is subjectively efficient in surrogating socioemotional needs during the Covid-19 pandemic, although underlying mechanisms remain unclear. We here challenge the generalizability of music-based coping by testing whether the insufficient satisfaction of distinct needs during the first lockdown entails enhanced listening to beat-based music with medium complexity (BBMMC) stimulating the cortico-striatal reward circuit and triggering oxytocinergic propagation. A Quasi-Bayesian mediation analysis on open-source data revealed that, across 11 European countries, more severe social distancing measures evoke a decline in experienced social provision (SP), in turn provoking BBMMC preferences. The latter was best predicted by the SP dimensions of social reward and attachment, suggesting that the partial overlap in neurophysiological processing at dopaminergic and oxytocinergic sites enables BBMMC to specifically alleviate these socioemotional needs, which has important implications for the development of mental health interventions. Finally, a stress-alleviating effect of BBMMC was found pointing towards HPA-activity modulation through music listening.}, subject = {Psychoakustik}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{PetrenkoSteffensBeckerSchweitzer2014, author = {Petrenko, Johannes and Steffens, Jochen and Becker-Schweitzer, J{\"o}rg}, title = {Vergleich von momentanen und retrospektiven Bewertungen nat{\"u}rlicher Soundscapes}, series = {"Fortschritte der Akustik"}, booktitle = {"Fortschritte der Akustik"}, editor = {Kollmeier, Birger}, publisher = {Deutsche Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Audiologie}, address = {Oldenburg; Berlin}, organization = {Deutsche Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Audiologie}, isbn = {978-3-939296-06-5}, year = {2014}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{LuizardSteffensWeinzierl2019, author = {Luizard, Paul and Steffens, Jochen and Weinzierl, Stefan}, title = {Adaptation of singers to physical and virtual room acoustics}, series = {Proceedings of the International Symposium on Room Acoustics (ISRA) 2019, Amsterdam, Netherlands.}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Symposium on Room Acoustics (ISRA) 2019, Amsterdam, Netherlands.}, editor = {Lautenbach, Margriet and Witew, Ingo B. and de Vries, Diemer and Hornikx, Maarten}, publisher = {Nederlands Akoestisch Genootschap}, address = {Heerde}, isbn = {978-90-9032895-9}, year = {2019}, language = {en} } @article{LuizardSteffensWeinzierl2020, author = {Luizard, Paul and Steffens, Jochen and Weinzierl, Stefan}, title = {Singing in different rooms: Common or individual adaptation patterns to the acoustic conditions?}, series = {The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America}, volume = {147}, journal = {The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America}, number = {2}, publisher = {ASA}, doi = {10.1121/10.0000715}, year = {2020}, language = {en} } @incollection{LoepthienHantschelRuthetal.2022, author = {Loepthien, Tim and Hantschel, Florian and Ruth, Nicolas and Steffens, Jochen and Shumaker, Randall}, title = {Flowerleben beim Musikh{\"o}ren: Die Wichtigkeit situativer und personenbezogener Variablen und Zusammenh{\"a}nge mit der aktuellen Stimmung}, series = {Abstract-Band zur 38. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Musikpsychologie}, booktitle = {Abstract-Band zur 38. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Musikpsychologie}, publisher = {Deutschen Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Musikpsychologie}, address = {W{\"u}rzburg}, organization = {DGM}, year = {2022}, language = {de} } @article{LepaSteffensHerzogetal.2020, author = {Lepa, Steffen and Steffens, Jochen and Herzog, Martin and Egermann, Hauke}, title = {Popular Music as Entertainment Communication: How Perceived Semantic Expression Explains Liking of Previously Unknown Music}, series = {Media and Communication}, volume = {8}, journal = {Media and Communication}, number = {3}, publisher = {Cogitatio}, doi = {10.17645/mac.v8i3.3153}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-23602}, pages = {191 -- 204}, year = {2020}, language = {en} } @article{LepaHerzogSteffensetal.2020, author = {Lepa, Steffen and Herzog, Martin and Steffens, Jochen and Schoenrock, Andreas and Egermann, Hauke}, title = {A computational model for predicting perceived musical expression in branding scenarios}, series = {Journal of New Music Research}, volume = {49}, journal = {Journal of New Music Research}, number = {4}, publisher = {Taylor \& Francis}, doi = {10.1080/09298215.2020.1778041}, pages = {387 -- 402}, year = {2020}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{LaviaWitchelAlettaetal.2018, author = {Lavia, Lisa and Witchel, Harry J. and Aletta, Francesco and Steffens, Jochen and Fiebig, Andr{\´e} and Kang, Jian and Howes, Christine and Healey, Patrick G. T.}, title = {Non-Participant Observation Methods for Soundscape Design and Urban Planning}, series = {Handbook of research on perception-driven approaches to urban assessment and design}, booktitle = {Handbook of research on perception-driven approaches to urban assessment and design}, editor = {Aletta, Francesco and Xiao, Jieling}, publisher = {IGI Global Disseminator of Knowledge}, address = {Hershey, PA}, isbn = {9781522536383}, pages = {73 -- 99}, year = {2018}, language = {en} } @article{KueppersBiermannSteffens2011, author = {K{\"u}ppers, Thomas and Biermann, Jan-Welm and Steffens, Jochen}, title = {Structurized sound design process of electric vehicle interior sound}, series = {The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America}, volume = {130}, journal = {The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America}, number = {4}, publisher = {AIP Publishing}, doi = {10.1121/1.3655178}, year = {2011}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{KaerstSteffensSkoda2013, author = {K{\"a}rst, Michaela and Steffens, Jochen and Skoda, Sabrina}, title = {Subjective evaluation and psychoacoustic analysis of the sound quality of low-noise asphalt on motorways in North-Rhine Westphalia}, series = {Fortschritte der Akustik 2013,DAGA-AIA, Merano, Italy, CD-ROM}, booktitle = {Fortschritte der Akustik 2013,DAGA-AIA, Merano, Italy, CD-ROM}, address = {Merano}, year = {2013}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{KrauseBakerJGroarkeetal.2021, author = {Krause, Amanda and Baker J., David and Groarke, Jenny and Pereira, Ana I. and Liew, Kongmeng and Anglada-Tort, Manuel and Steffens, Jochen}, title = {A global investigation of music listening practices: The influence of country latitude and seasons on music preferences}, series = {ICMPC-ESCOM 2021: 16th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition/11th Triennial conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music, 28-31 July 2021, Sheffield}, booktitle = {ICMPC-ESCOM 2021: 16th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition/11th Triennial conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music, 28-31 July 2021, Sheffield}, publisher = {ESCOMsociety}, address = {Sheffield}, year = {2021}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{KleinvonBergBirweetal.2024, author = {Klein, Paula and von Berg, Markus and Birwe, Dagmar and Steffens, Jochen}, title = {Can the Perceived Spatial Impression of Classical Recordings Be Predicted by Audio Descriptors? [Vortrag]}, series = {Fortschritte der Akustik - DAGA 2024}, booktitle = {Fortschritte der Akustik - DAGA 2024}, publisher = {Deutsche Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Akustik e.V.}, address = {Berlin}, isbn = {978-3-939296-22-5}, pages = {1034 -- 1037}, year = {2024}, abstract = {The perceived spatial impression is an important factor in the aesthetic appreciation of classical music recordings. Crucial aspects of spatial perception can be described by the attributes ensemble width, depth, envelopment, and reverberation duration. In a listening experiment, a sample of 30 experts rated 24 orchestra recordings by these attributes. To compare these ratings to signalrelated measures of spatial impression, an audio descriptor for the interaural cross-correlation coefficient in music recordings was chosen as a measure of perceived ensemble width. A second algorithm estimated the reverberation time from decay segments in the recorded music. Linear mixed-effects models were then used to test whether these two descriptors, combined with other audio features related to timbre, are suitable for predicting participants' ratings of the perceptual attributes. Overall, results confirmed that the signal-related measures used can indeed predict perceptual attributes, with 41\% of rating variance explained in the case of reverberation duration. In contrast, these objective measures turned out to be less accurate predictors of the perceived ensemble width, with a variance explanation of 21\%. This study can thus be regarded as a starting point for further studies aiming to predict the perceived spatial impression in music recordings.}, subject = {Raumakustik}, language = {en} } @incollection{KarnopSteffens2017, author = {Karnop, Christoph and Steffens, Jochen}, title = {How do personality traits influence the effect of listening to sad music on induced musical emotions?}, series = {Proceedings of the 25th Anniversary Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM): "The expressive interaction with music" (Ghent, Belgium)}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 25th Anniversary Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM): "The expressive interaction with music" (Ghent, Belgium)}, editor = {Ginsborg, Jane and Lamont, Alexandra}, address = {Ghent}, year = {2017}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{JakobsBoeldtSelbachetal.2019, author = {Jakobs, Christoph and B{\"o}ldt, Sebastian and Selbach, Dustin and Steffens, Jochen}, title = {Extreme response style in listening tests}, series = {Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics: integrating 4th EAA Euroregio 2019 : 9-13 September 2019 in Aachen, Germany}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics: integrating 4th EAA Euroregio 2019 : 9-13 September 2019 in Aachen, Germany}, address = {Aachen}, isbn = {978-3-939296-15-7}, doi = {10.18154/RWTH-CONV-239966}, year = {2019}, language = {en} } @incollection{IrrgangSteffensEgermann2017, author = {Irrgang, Melanie and Steffens, Jochen and Egermann, Hauke}, title = {"Shake it out" - How Motion Capture and Smartphone-Assessed Movement Can Predict Properties of Music}, series = {33. Abstract-Band zur Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Musikpsychologie (DGM)}, booktitle = {33. Abstract-Band zur Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Musikpsychologie (DGM)}, address = {Hamburg}, year = {2017}, language = {en} }