Essays about: "Ringtone"

Found 4 essays containing the word Ringtone.

  1. 1. A ringing phone : The distracting effect of ringtones

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Miljöpsykologi

    Author : Robin Liljenberg; [2017]
    Keywords : Ringtones; Attentional capture; Looming effect; Irrelevant sound; Masking noise; Serial recall;

    Abstract : Ringing phones are common in work space environments in the 21th century and while capturing the attention of the call-taker they also tend to disrupt people in the surrounding environment. This study aims to investigate the attentional capturing effect of ringtones by comparing sudden and increasing onsets with quiet and noise masking conditions while participants undertook a test of short-term memory for serial order (serial recall). READ MORE

  3. 2. Attentional capture by a looming ringtone

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Miljöpsykologi

    Author : Robin Liljenberg; [2017]
    Keywords : Ringtones; Attentional capture; Looming effect; Irrational sound; Masking noise; Serial recall; Error management;

    Abstract : Ringtones are a common distracting sound in modern workspaces. In an earlierexperiment, ringtones increasing in volume (looming) produced greater attentional capture effectin the context of serial short-term memory, than ringtones with sudden onsets that decreased involume (receding). READ MORE

  4. 3. Embedded System Design for Pill Boxes with The Low Power Electronic Paper Display

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT)

    Author : Ali Kamran; [2017]
    Keywords : Embedded system; Low Power; ARM microcontroller; E-Paper display; Pill box; Wireless data communication; Bluetooth; SPI flash memory;

    Abstract : The rapid development of technology in the health-care sector has led to the discovery of many new illnesses and improved treatments that were not possible earlier. However, many treatments and medicines for a specific disease often come with several side effects. READ MORE

  5. 4. Grading Limena of Masked Sounds With Objective Methods, Applied on Mobile Phones

    University essay from Institutionen för teknik och naturvetenskap; Tekniska högskolan

    Author : Dennis Rosinder; [2008]
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    Abstract : This master thesis investigates how two existing objective techniques could correlate with of people’s auditory cognition of ring tones, played simultaneously with a background noise. Simply expressed: Is it possible to objectively measure the threshold where a ringtone is audible to human beings in traffic noise? Two objective techniques were studied – Zwicker Loudness vs. READ MORE