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    Ecological sounds affect breath duration more than artificial sounds

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    Date
    2015-01-31
    Author
    Murgia, Mauro;
    Santoro, Ilaria;
    Tamburini, Giorgia;
    Prpic, Valter;
    Sors, Fabrizio;
    Galmonte, Alessandra;
    Agostini, Tiziano
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    Abstract
    Previous research has demonstrated that auditory rhythms affect both movement and physiological functions. We hypothesized that the ecological sounds of human breathing can affect breathing more than artificial sounds of breathing, varying in tones for inspiration and expiration. To address this question, we monitored the breath duration of participants exposed to three conditions: (a) ecological sounds of breathing, (b) artificial sounds of breathing having equal temporal features as the ecological sounds, (c) no sounds (control). We found that participants’ breath duration variability was reduced in the ecological sound condition, more than in the artificial sound condition. We suggest that ecological sounds captured the timing of breathing better than artificial sounds, guiding as a consequence participants’ breathing. We interpreted our results according to the Theory of Event Coding, providing further support to its validity, and suggesting its possible extension in the domain of physiological functions which are both consciously and unconsciously controlled.
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    Citation : Murgia, M., Santoro, I., Tamburini, G., Prpic, V., Sors, F., Galmonte, A. and Agostini, T., (2016) Ecological sounds affect breath duration more than artificial sounds. Psychological research, 80 (1), pp.76-81
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    http://hdl.handle.net/2086/15109
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-015-0647-z
    ISSN : 0340-0727
    1430-2772
    Research Group : Psychology
    Research Institute : Institute for Psychological Science
    Peer Reviewed : Yes
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