The Image Characteristics for Perceived Naturalness

Automated Image Sampling and Classification Can Be Used to Explore Perceived Naturalness of Urban Spaces

The psychological restorative effects of exposure to nature are well established and extend to just viewing of images of nature. A previous study has shown that Perceived Naturalness (PN) of images correlates with their restorative value. This study tests whether it is possible to detect degree of PN of images using an image classifier. It takes images that have been scored by humans for PN (in...

Feeling natural: The influence of tactile characteristics and sensory presentation of food packaging on consumers’ perceived naturalness

Perceived naturalness and acceptance of genetically modified food.

This study examines people's acceptance of genetically modified (GM) food. Results suggest that GM acceptance depends most on how natural the genetically modified product is perceived and not directly on how natural the non-GM product is seen. A GM product that is perceived as more natural is more likely to be accepted than a GM product that is perceived as less natural. The extent to which GM ...

Perceived naturalness of a synthesizer of disordered voices

The presentation describes a synthesizer of normal and disordered voice timbres and their perceptual evaluation with respect to naturalness. The simulator uses a shaping function model, which enables controlling the perturbations of the frequency and harmonic richness of the glottal area signal via the control of the instantaneous frequency and amplitude of two harmonic driving functions. Sever...

Is non-linear lengthening important for the perceived naturalness of focal accented Swedish words?

Previous studies of lengthening patterns in focal accented Swedish words have shown that the segments within the words are not lengthened in a linear fashion (e.g. Bannert, 1979; Fant, Kruckenberg, & Nord, 1991; Heldner & Strangert, forthcoming). The non-linear lengthening patterns are most apparent within stressed syllables with a phonologically short vowel followed by a long consonant (due to...