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.

Ecological sounds affect breath duration more than artificial sounds / Murgia M; Santoro I; Tamburini G; Prpic V; Sors F; Galmonte A; Agostini T. - In: PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH. - ISSN 0340-0727. - ELETTRONICO. - 80:1(2016), pp. 76-81. [10.1007/s00426-015-0647-z]

Ecological sounds affect breath duration more than artificial sounds

Prpic V;
2016

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.
2016
Ecological sounds affect breath duration more than artificial sounds / Murgia M; Santoro I; Tamburini G; Prpic V; Sors F; Galmonte A; Agostini T. - In: PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH. - ISSN 0340-0727. - ELETTRONICO. - 80:1(2016), pp. 76-81. [10.1007/s00426-015-0647-z]
Murgia M; Santoro I; Tamburini G; Prpic V; Sors F; Galmonte A; Agostini T
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