Effect of pleasurable musical chills on driver’s physiological response

Kameyama Y, Tanimoto N, Murao T, Sudo K, Ishimitsu S, Seni H, Kikuchi T, Takahashi N. Effect of pleasurable musical chills on driver’s physiological response. In: AES Conference: 2020 AES International Conference on Audio for Virtual and Augmented Reality (August 2020). Audio Engineering Society; 2020. Paper 10472. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=21149

@inproceedings{Kameyama2020_21149,
  author = {Kameyama, Yuki and Tanimoto, Noriyuki and Murao, Tenchi and Sudo, Kizuna and Ishimitsu, Shunsuke and Seni, Hirofumi and Kikuchi, Toshihiro and Takahashi, Naoko},
  title = {{Effect of pleasurable musical chills on driver’s physiological response}},
  booktitle = {AES Conference: 2020 AES International Conference on Audio for Virtual and Augmented Reality (August 2020)},
  note = {Paper 10472},
  year = {2020},
  month = aug,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=21149}
}

TY  - CPAPER
TI  - Effect of pleasurable musical chills on driver’s physiological response
AU  - Kameyama, Yuki
AU  - Tanimoto, Noriyuki
AU  - Murao, Tenchi
AU  - Sudo, Kizuna
AU  - Ishimitsu, Shunsuke
AU  - Seni, Hirofumi
AU  - Kikuchi, Toshihiro
AU  - Takahashi, Naoko
T2  - AES Conference: 2020 AES International Conference on Audio for Virtual and Augmented Reality (August 2020)
M1  - Paper 10472
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/08/06
UR  - https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=21149
PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - In recent years, cars have become increasingly comfortable and attractive to drivers, allowing them to experience the pleasure and excitement of driving. It is now possible to enjoy high-quality music by improving the quietude of car’s interior and the sound quality of car’s audio system. However, till date no studies have been reported on the effect of “pleasurable musical chills” experienced while listening to high-quality music on the driver’s comfort and driving performance. We focus on these musical chills by examining the drivers’ physiological responses and investigating the influence of high-quality audio with various sound presentations. Physiological responses, such as brain activity, breathing, and heartbeat, were examined to understand their relationship with sound quality impressions. In the first experiment, the drivers were made to listen to music while in a resting state. The results indicated that the sympathetic nervous system was activated when participants were listening to music, and that they were in a tense or excited state when they felt musical chills. The second experiment focused on participants listening to music while driving. The results indicated that the sympathetic nervous system was again activated, and the ß wave was stable when the sound quality was higher. Additionally, the results confirmed that the sympathetic nervous system was activated when the driver experienced the musical chills. The results of the semantic differential method indicated that the positive factors and the “familiar” factor were good ratings when the sound quality was high. From the results it can be concluded that high-quality music increases the drivers’ excitement and concentration while driving.
ER  -