@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} } @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{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 = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r L{\"a}rmbek{\"a}mpfung}, volume = {9}, journal = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r L{\"a}rmbek{\"a}mpfung}, number = {4}, publisher = {Springer}, pages = {172 -- 178}, year = {2014}, language = {de} } @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} } @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} } @article{ElversSteffens2017, author = {Elvers, Paul and Steffens, Jochen}, title = {The Sound of Success: Investigating Cognitive and Behavioral Effects of Motivational Music in Sports}, series = {Frontiers in psychology}, volume = {8}, journal = {Frontiers in psychology}, publisher = {Frontiers}, doi = {10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02026}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Listening to music before, during, or after sports is a common phenomenon, yet its functions and effects on performance, cognition, and behavior remain to be investigated. Listening to music before, during, or after sports is a common phenomenon, yet its functions and effects on performance, cognition, and behavior remain to be investigated. In this study we present a novel approach to the role of music in sports and exercise that focuses on the notion of musical self-enhancement (Elvers, 2016). We derived the following hypotheses from this framework: listening to motivational music will (i) enhance self-evaluative cognition, (ii) improve performance in a ball game, and (iii) evoke greater risk-taking behavior. To evaluate the hypotheses, we conducted a between-groups experiment (N = 150) testing the effectiveness of both an experimenter playlist and a participant-selected playlist in comparison to a no-music control condition. All participants performed a ball-throwing task developed by Decharms and Dav{\´e} (1965), consisting of two parts: First, participants threw the ball from fixed distances into a funnel basket. During this task, performance was measured. In the second part, the participants themselves chose distances from the basket, which allowed their risk-taking behavior to be assessed. The results indicate that listening to motivational music led to greater risk taking but did not improve ball-throwing performance. This effect was more pronounced in male participants and among those who listened to their own playlists. Furthermore, self-selected music enhanced state self-esteem in participants who were performing well but not in those who were performing poorly. We also discuss further implications for the notion of musical self-enhancement. // Listening to music before, during, or after sports is a common phenomenon, yet its functions and effects on performance, cognition, and behavior remain to be investigated. In this study we present a novel approach to the role of music in sports and exercise that focuses on the notion of musical self-enhancement (Elvers, 2016). We derived the following hypotheses from this framework: listening to motivational music will (i) enhance self-evaluative cognition, (ii) improve performance in a ball game, and (iii) evoke greater risk-taking behavior. To evaluate the hypotheses, we conducted a between-groups experiment (N = 150) testing the effectiveness of both an experimenter playlist and a participant-selected playlist in comparison to a no-music control condition. All participants performed a ball-throwing task developed by Decharms and Dav{\´e} (1965), consisting of two parts: First, participants threw the ball from fixed distances into a funnel basket. During this task, performance was measured. In the second part, the participants themselves chose distances from the basket, which allowed their risk-taking behavior to be assessed. The results indicate that listening to motivational music led to greater risk taking but did not improve ball-throwing performance. This effect was more pronounced in male participants and among those who listened to their own playlists. Furthermore, self-selected music enhanced state self-esteem in participants who were performing well but not in those who were performing poorly. We also discuss further implications for the notion of musical self-enhancement.}, language = {en} } @article{AngladaTortSteffensMuellensiefen2019, author = {Anglada-Tort, Manuel and Steffens, Jochen and M{\"u}llensiefen, Daniel}, title = {Names and titles matter: The impact of linguistic fluency and the affect heuristic on aesthetic and value judgements of music}, series = {Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts}, volume = {13}, journal = {Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts}, number = {3}, publisher = {APA}, doi = {10.1037/aca0000172}, pages = {277 -- 292}, year = {2019}, language = {en} } @article{GrebSchlotzSteffens2018, author = {Greb, Fabian and Schlotz, Wolff and Steffens, Jochen}, title = {Personal and situational influences on the functions of music listening}, series = {Psychology of Music}, volume = {46}, journal = {Psychology of Music}, number = {6}, publisher = {Sage}, pages = {763 -- 794}, year = {2018}, language = {en} } @article{GrebSteffensSchlotz2018, author = {Greb, Fabian and Steffens, Jochen and Schlotz, Wolff}, title = {Understanding music-selection behavior via statistical learning}, series = {Music \& Science}, volume = {1}, journal = {Music \& Science}, number = {2}, publisher = {Sage}, doi = {10.1177/2059204318755950}, pages = {1 -- 17}, year = {2018}, language = {en} } @article{GrebSteffensSchlotz2019, author = {Greb, Fabian and Steffens, Jochen and Schlotz, Wolff}, title = {Modeling Music-Selection Behavior in Everyday Life: A Multilevel Statistical Learning Approach and Mediation Analysis of Experience Sampling Data}, series = {Frontiers in psychology}, volume = {10}, journal = {Frontiers in psychology}, publisher = {Frontiers}, doi = {10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00390}, year = {2019}, abstract = {Music listening has become a highly individualized activity with smartphones and music streaming services providing listeners with absolute freedom to listen to any kind of music in any situation. Until now, little has been written about the processes underlying the selection of music in daily life. The present study aimed to disentangle some of the complex processes among the listener, situation, and functions of music listening involved in music selection. Utilizing the experience sampling method, data were collected from 119 participants using a smartphone application. For 10 consecutive days, participants received 14 prompts using stratified-random sampling throughout the day and reported on their music-listening behavior. Statistical learning procedures on multilevel regression models and multilevel structural equation modeling were used to determine the most important predictors and analyze mediation processes between person, situation, functions of listening, and music selection. Results revealed that the features of music selected in daily life were predominantly determined by situational characteristics, whereas consistent individual differences were of minor importance. Functions of music listening were found to act as a mediator between characteristics of the situation and music-selection behavior. We further observed several significant random effects, which indicated that individuals differed in how situational variables affected their music selection behavior. Our findings suggest a need to shift the focus of music-listening research from individual differences to situational influences, including potential person-situation interactions.}, 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} } @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} } @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} } @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} } @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} } @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 = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r L{\"a}rmbek{\"a}mpfung}, volume = {11}, journal = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r L{\"a}rmbek{\"a}mpfung}, number = {1}, publisher = {Springer}, 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} } @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} } @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} }