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  1. 1. "Sound and Vision": Thomas Pynchon, Perception, and Transcendence

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Viktor Ferdinand Kovács; [2023]
    Keywords : Perception; transcendence; auditory self; phenomenology; modalities of experience; perceptual mode; imaginative mode; Thomas Pynchon; Gravity s Rainbow; The Crying of Lot 49; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Previous studies of Thomas Pynchon’s works have made progress in defining numerous aspects of what could be construed as the Pynchonian worldview. However, they have mainly identified them in general, visual terms, separated from the level of the direct experience of his characters. READ MORE

  3. 2. Investigation on Enhancing Fire Threat Perception in Virtual Reality through Subject-Expectancy Effect

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Brandteknik

    Author : Hsuan-Ting Liu; [2023]
    Keywords : Virtual reality; safe distance; subject-expectancy effect; thermal radiation; placebo effect; fire scenario.; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the use of subject-expectancy effect on enhancing fire threat perception in virtual reality. The study involves a virtual fire scenario design and 33 participants who experience virtual fires of three different scales in the scenario using a head-mounted display as visual and auditory perception and adopting physical movement in real world as their way of locomotion. READ MORE

  4. 3. Nature in VR: A Multisensory Perspective of Artificial Nature Exposure

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

    Author : Alfred Mossberg; Kristoffer Wall; [2023]
    Keywords : Virtual reality; artificial nature exposure; multisensory integration; immersion; cognitive restorativeness;

    Abstract : A virtual environment can offer a highly immersive experience with a feeling of presence similar to the physical world. Nevertheless, it still lacks several multisensory and emotional properties to fully substitute or replicate the physical world's richness and complexity. READ MORE

  5. 4. Assessing Explanatory Models of Auditory Verbal Hallucinations

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Robles Rena Lior; [2022]
    Keywords : AVH; hallucinations; auditory verbal hallucinations; self-monitoring; inner speech; imagination; imagined speech; auditory imagery; inserted thoughts; schizophrenia;

    Abstract : Many attempts have been made to explain the nature of auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) or the phenomenon of “hearing voices”. In the contemporary discussion of auditory verbal hallucinations, the raw material of the voices of AVH is seen as either inner speech, a spontaneously activated auditory experience, or imagined speech. READ MORE

  6. 5. Hear the Centaur : A study on the possibilities to use auditory stimulation whilst horse riding in order to raise somatic awareness of the rider

    University essay from Högskolan Kristianstad/Fakulteten för ekonomi

    Author : Embla Stenström; [2021]
    Keywords : Equestrianism; Equilab; Self-tracking; Somaesthetics; Somaesthetic Appreciation Design;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to explore the possibilities of using auditory stimulation in order to raise somatic awareness of horse riders while riding using Somaesthetic Appreciation Design as a method. In research of Somaesthetics and horse-human relations, a gap in Somaesthetics is being questioned, and a new dimension is suggested. READ MORE