Binaural Sound Reduces Reaction Time in a Virtual Reality Search Task

Emil Rosenlund Høeg; Lynda Gerry; Lui Albæk Thomsen; Niels Chr. Nilsson; Stefania Serafin

doi:10.1109/SIVE.2017.7901610

Binaural Sound Reduces Reaction Time in a Virtual Reality Search Task

Emil Rosenlund Høeg, Lynda Gerry, Lui Albæk Thomsen, Niels Chr. Nilsson, Stefania Serafin

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Salient features in a visual search task can direct attention and increase competency on these tasks. Simple cues, such as color change in a salient feature, called the "pop-out effect" can increase task solving efficiency [6]. Previous work has shown that nonspatial auditory signals temporally synched with a pop-out effect can improve reaction time in a visual search task, called the "pip and pop effect" [14]. This paper describes a within-group study on the effect of audiospatial attention in virtual reality given a 360-degree visual search. Three cue conditions were compared (no sound, stereo, and binaural), with rising degrees of difficulty by increasing the set size. The results (n=10) indicate a statistically significant difference in reaction time between the three conditions. Overall, in spite of the small sample size, our results seem to indicate that binaural audio renders a clear advantage to the spatial visual processing.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2017 IEEE 3rd VR Workshop on Sonic Interactions for Virtual Environments (SIVE)
Publisher	IEEE
Publication date	2017
ISBN (Print)	978-1-5386-0460-1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-5386-0459-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/SIVE.2017.7901610
Publication status	Published - 2017
Event	IEEE 3rd VR Workshop on Sonic Interactions for Virtual Environments - Los Angeles, United States Duration: 19 Mar 2017 → 19 Mar 2017 http://imi.aau.dk/~sts/SIVE17/

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Conference	IEEE 3rd VR Workshop on Sonic Interactions for Virtual Environments
Country/Territory	United States
City	Los Angeles
Period	19/03/2017 → 19/03/2017
Internet address	http://imi.aau.dk/~sts/SIVE17/

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Høeg, ER, Gerry, L, Thomsen, LA, Nilsson, NC & Serafin, S 2017, Binaural Sound Reduces Reaction Time in a Virtual Reality Search Task. in 2017 IEEE 3rd VR Workshop on Sonic Interactions for Virtual Environments (SIVE). IEEE, IEEE 3rd VR Workshop on Sonic Interactions for Virtual Environments, Los Angeles, California, United States, 19/03/2017. https://doi.org/10.1109/SIVE.2017.7901610

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