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Computer Games and Multichannel Audio Quality - The Effect of Division of Attention between Auditory and Visual Modalities

Authors: Zielinski, Slawomir K.; Rumsey, Francis; Bech, Søren; de Bruyn, Bart; Kassier, Rafael

AES Conference: 24th International Conference: Multichannel Audio, The New Reality · Paper 8 · June 2003

Abstract

The effect of division of attention between the evaluation of multichannel audio quality and involvement in a visual task (playing a computer game) was investigated. It was observed that involvement in a visual task may significantly change the results obtained during evaluation of audio quality for some listeners and for some experimental conditions. It was also found that this effect is listener-specific and the global effect observed after averaging the results across all listeners is small but significant.

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Published in
AES Conference: 24th International Conference: Multichannel Audio, The New Reality
Paper number
8
Publication date
June 6, 2003
Session subject
Multichannel Audio
Affiliation
Institute of Sound Recording, University of Surrey, UK ; Bang & Olufsen, Struer, Denmark ; Department of Psychology, University of Surrey, UK (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Conference Paper