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Brandon Forys @brandonforys.com · 15/01/2025

The features of one's environment can prime us to interpret experiences in that environment in different ways. In this way, even an everyday sound presented in an unpleasant environment could be rated as unpleasant, or aversive.

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Brandon Forys @brandonforys.com · 15/01/2025

Furthermore, spaces with distinct features can promote different behaviours. For example, sounds heard in a small, dark room could be more threatening than those heard in a large, well-lit room. But we do not know the extent to which these contextual features impact how we rate everyday stimuli.

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Brandon Forys @brandonforys.com · 15/01/2025

To answer this question, we gave participants a series of everyday sounds (dogs barking, phone ringing, etc.) in either a small lab room with no natural light (Old; A) or a larger space with natural lighting (New; B). We asked them to rate and describe the sound's pleasantness or unpleasantness.

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