Valenzuela Jose, Díaz-Andreu Margarita, Escera Carles
Brainlab - Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Front Psychol. 2020 Dec 18;11:550794. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.550794. eCollection 2020.
How important is the influence of spatial acoustics on our mental processes related to sound perception and cognition? There is a large body of research in fields encompassing architecture, musicology, and psychology that analyzes human response, both subjective and objective, to different soundscapes. But what if we want to understand how acoustic environments influenced the human experience of sound in sacred ritual practices in premodern societies? Archaeoacoustics is the research field that investigates sound in the past. One of its branches delves into how sound was used in specific landscapes and at sites with rock art, and why past societies endowed a special significance to places with specific acoustical properties. Taking advantage of the advances made in sound recording and reproduction technologies, researchers are now exploring how ancient social and sacred ceremonies and practices related to the acoustic properties of their sound environment. Here, we advocate for the emergence of a new and innovative discipline, experimental psychoarchaeoacoustics. We also review underlying methodological approaches and discuss the limitations, challenges, and future directions for this new field.
空间声学对我们与声音感知和认知相关的心理过程有多大影响？在包括建筑学、音乐学和心理学在内的诸多领域，有大量研究分析了人类对不同声景的主观和客观反应。但如果我们想了解声学环境如何在前现代社会的神圣仪式中影响人类的声音体验呢？考古声学是研究过去声音的领域。它的一个分支深入探讨声音如何在特定景观和有岩石艺术的地点被使用，以及为什么过去的社会赋予具有特定声学特性的地方特殊意义。利用录音和复制技术取得的进展，研究人员现在正在探索古代社会和神圣仪式及习俗如何与它们声音环境的声学特性相关。在此，我们倡导一门新的创新学科——实验心理考古声学的出现。我们还回顾了其潜在的方法论，并讨论了这一新领域的局限性、挑战和未来方向。
