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Psychoacoustics Lab (Masayuki Takada)
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This lab studies the effects of sound on people and explores how sound should be designed.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring sound design through the effects of sound on people
The lab, which specializes in psychoacoustics, investigates the effects of sound on people, focusing on sounds that are easily perceived as noise and on the sound environments around us.
It evaluates and analyzes these effects from psychological and physiological aspects, and explores how sound should be designed.
Past research themes include sound quality evaluation of mechanical sounds, vehicle horns, the sound environment around childcare facilities, and the sound environment of university campuses.
Professor Masayuki Takada is a faculty member of the Acoustic Design Course in the Department of Design, School of Design.
Key terms
- Soundscape
- An approach that views the sound environment of a place in terms of how the people there perceive it
- Auditory hypersensitivity
- A condition in which sounds feel stronger than they do to others, making them more likely to cause distress
- Inclusive design
- Design that is conceived so that diverse people can use it, regardless of age or the presence of disabilities
ResearchResearch themes
Targeting sound environments around us and sounds such as mechanical sounds, the lab evaluates and analyzes the effects of sound on people from psychological and physiological aspects. Based on the results, it explores how sound should be designed.
*Illustrative imageSound barrier-free design for university campuses
The lab studies barrier-free sound design for university campuses. Research keywords are sound environment, soundscape, inclusive design, and auditory hypersensitivity.
*Illustrative imageSound environments around childcare facilities and residents' attitudes
The lab investigates the characteristics of the sound environment around childcare facilities and the attitudes of the people who live nearby. Research keywords include living environment, complaints, and sensitivity to sound.
*Illustrative imageVehicle horns in a next-generation mobility society
The lab has worked on the design of vehicle horns and traffic systems for a next-generation mobility society. Research keywords include vehicle horns, traffic noise, drivers, internal factors, and traffic environment.
*Illustrative imageFactors affecting the value evaluation of product sounds
The lab has analyzed the factors that affect how the value of product sounds is evaluated. Research keywords are value evaluation, product sounds, and sound quality design.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorMasayuki Takada
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Leslie S3L Train horn” 作者不詳 / Public domain (cropped)
- Sound barrier-free design for university campuses: “Wenli Boulevard - Tunghai University - DSC01478” Daderot / CC0 (cropped)
- Sound environments around childcare facilities and residents' attitudes: “Kindergarten playground in Dobrocin” M1chu / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Vehicle horns in a next-generation mobility society: “G Line bus charging at North Hollywood station” Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Public domain (cropped)
- Factors affecting the value evaluation of product sounds: “Sound level meter Bruel Kjaer” Harke / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Psychoacoustics Lab (Masayuki Takada)): “French horn front” BenP / CC BY 2.5 (cropped)
- Related lab (Acoustic Engineering Lab): “Violins, Museum of Making Music” doryfour / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Acoustic Engineering Lab (Toshiya Samejima)): “Drum for cultural dance” Elizfred / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Psychology Lab): “Motion illusion in star arrangement” Fiestoforo / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
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