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Tuning Into The Task: Sonic Environmental Cues And Mental Task Switching

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dc.contributor.author Gifford, Toby
dc.contributor.corporatename International Community for Auditory Display
dc.date.accessioned 2017-03-29T13:07:58Z
dc.date.available 2017-03-29T13:07:58Z
dc.date.issued 2016-07
dc.description Presented at the 22nd International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD-2016)
dc.description Presented at the 22nd International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD-2016) July 2-8, 2016, in Canberra, Australia
dc.description.abstract This position paper suggests a novel approach to enhancing productivity for professionals whose core business is deep thinking, by manipulation of the sonic environment. Approaching the issue from the perspective of sound-design, it proposes the composition and algorithmic generation of background soundscapes that promote a psychological state of flow [1], and can become mentally associated with particular tasks through exposure, so as to facilitate task switching by switching soundscapes. These background soundscapes are intended to mask distracting clatter, oppressive quiet, and other suboptimal sonic environments frequently encountered in office workplaces. Consequently, I call them active-silences: soundscapes designed to be not heard, although they may be relatively loud. The most commonly used active-silence is white noise, though there are surprisingly diverse other approaches to crafting active-silence. This variety suggests the possibility of training associations that pair distinct active-silences with distinct mental tasks.
dc.identifier.citation Gifford, Toby "Tuning Into The Task: Sonic Environmental Cues And Mental Task Switching". Presented at the 22nd International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD2016), July 3-7, 2016, Australian National University, Canberra. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2
dc.identifier.doi 10.21785/icad2016.039
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/56585
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology
dc.publisher.original International Community on Auditory Display
dc.publisher.original International Community for Auditory Display (ICAD)
dc.relation.ispartof http://hdl.handle.net/1853/56560
dc.relation.ispartofseries International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD)
dc.rights This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subject Auditory display
dc.subject Sonic environment manipulation
dc.subject Environmental cues
dc.title Tuning Into The Task: Sonic Environmental Cues And Mental Task Switching
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dc.type.genre Proceedings
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local.contributor.corporatename Sonification Lab
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