title: NESSTI: norms for environmental sound stimuli.
abstract: In this paper we provide normative data along multiple cognitive and affective variable dimensions for a set of 110 sounds, including living and manmade stimuli. Environmental sounds are being increasingly utilized as stimuli in the cognitive, neuropsychological and neuroimaging fields, yet there is no comprehensive set of normative information for these type of stimuli available for use across these experimental domains. Experiment 1 collected data from 162 participants in an on-line questionnaire, which included measures of identification and categorization as well as cognitive and affective variables. A subsequent experiment collected response times to these sounds. Sounds were normalized to the same length (1 second) in order to maximize usage across multiple paradigms and experimental fields. These sounds can be freely downloaded for use, and all response data have also been made available in order that researchers can choose one or many of the cognitive and affective dimensions along which they would like to control their stimuli. Our hope is that the availability of such information will assist researchers in the fields of cognitive and clinical psychology and the neuroimaging community in choosing well-controlled environmental sound stimuli, and allow comparison across multiple studies.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Advanced Imaging, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia.
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hocking
authors.forename: Ilvana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dzafic
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kazovsky
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Copland
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation / Q000592:standards*; D000328:Adult; D003071:Cognition; D004777:Environment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009488:Neurosciences; D011603:Psychophysiology; D011930:Reaction Time; D012015:Reference Standards; D013016:Sound
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