VERIFICATION OF APPROPRIATE NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL TESTS TO ASSESS AUDITORY-COGNITIVE RESPONSES DURING MEMORY RETRIEVAL WHILE REPRODUCING URBAN SOUNDSCAPE SCENES

Margret Sibylle Engel; Merle Fairhurst; Ercan Altinsoy

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VERIFICATION OF APPROPRIATE NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL TESTS TO ASSESS AUDITORY-COGNITIVE RESPONSES DURING MEMORY RETRIEVAL WHILE REPRODUCING URBAN SOUNDSCAPE SCENES

Authors

Margret Sibylle Engel
Merle Fairhurst
Ercan Altinsoy

Modality

Onsite-Oral

Subject area

15.0. Soundscape: General

Publishing Date

25/09/2025

Country of Publishing

Brazil | Brasil

Language of Publishing

Inglês

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https://www.even3.com.br/anais/international-congress-exposition-noise-control-engineering/1074735-verification-of-appropriate-neurophysiological-tests-to-assess-auditory-cognitive-responses-during-memory-retrie

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978-65-272-1573-8

Keywords

Urban Soundscape, Memory Retrieval, Neurophisiological tests, Cognitive tests

Summary

With the increase in neurophysiological tests to support soundscape studies, it is not clear, in some cases, which tests will respond conclusively to how the auditory processes, specifically regarding memory retrieval, in the human brain work. Combining neurophysiological and cognitive memory tests while exposing participants to a soundscape provides a holistic view of how auditory stimuli interact with the brain to influence memory retrieval. This approach deepens our understanding of cognitive processes and has practical implications for improving environments that foster better memory performance. This study aims to verify which neurophysiological tests combined with cognitive tests are suitable for short-, mid-, and long-term memory retrieval. At the same time, different urban soundscape scenes are reproduced in the background. The neurophysiological equipment used in this study is a Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) for spatial neuroimaging of the brain, electrocardiography (ECG) sensors - for measuring heart rate, temporal, spectral and nonlinear signal parameters – and electrodermal activity (EDA) sensor for measuring electrical properties of the skin with the reproduced stimuli. This study will help delimit objective and subjective instruments for the memory retrieval of urban soundscapes from the MEMOSOUND project.

Title of the Event: Inter-Noise 2025
City of the Event: São Paulo
Title of the Proceedings of the event: Proceedings of the 54th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering
Name of the Publisher: Even3
Means of Dissemination: Meio Digital

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ENGEL, Margret Sibylle; FAIRHURST, Merle; ALTINSOY, Ercan. VERIFICATION OF APPROPRIATE NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL TESTS TO ASSESS AUDITORY-COGNITIVE RESPONSES DURING MEMORY RETRIEVAL WHILE REPRODUCING URBAN SOUNDSCAPE SCENES.. In: Proceedings of the 54th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering. Anais...Sao Paulo(SP) WTC Events Center, 2025. Available in: https//www.even3.com.br/anais/international-congress-exposition-noise-control-engineering/1074735-VERIFICATION-OF-APPROPRIATE-NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL-TESTS-TO-ASSESS-AUDITORY-COGNITIVE-RESPONSES-DURING-MEMORY-RETRIE. Access in: 05/12/2025