Effect of Auditory Cues on Object’s Material Property

Perception
Research Advisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Dicle Nahide Dövencioğlu –
Department of Psychology
Researcher: Ömer Faruk Yıldıran – BSc student of Psychology
 Project Objectives
Pilot Study:

Figure [1]: Aspects of material softness in active

touch (Dövencioğlu et al., 2018) Figure [4]: Line plot of eigenvalues

Figure [3]: Graph of first three component

Figure [2]: Pilot experiment screen

Goals:
1.Investigate the influence of auditory cues on
material perception.
2.Explore the most evident dimensions of auditory
perceived material properties.
3.Investigate the way incongruent sounds manipulate
tactile perception.
[1]:Dövencioğlu D.N., Doerschner, K., Drewing, K. Aspects of material softness in active touch. European Conference on Visual Perception, Trieste, Italy, 26-30 August 2018.
[2], [3], [4]: Adopted from pilot study(conducted by Omer Faruk Yildiran, 2021)
 Project Activities
Pre-Experiment
Objective Method Purpose

A program for carrying out the experiment

Programming the experiment application on MATLAB – Psychtoolbox,
Designing the Experiment enable us to have more freedom, accuracy and
which can get screen touch responses.
speed in the experimental design.

Sound recordings of objects in a laboratory room, isolated from every

Buy and Record Object Sounds To have pure tactile sounds of objects.
other sounds. The sounds will be produced by 6 exploratory procedure.

Preparation of study brochure and sending via WhatsApp, Facebook

Invitation of Participants student groups etc. To find eligible participants

Applying to METU Human Subjects Ethics Committee (HSEC),

Ethic Consents preparing an informed consent and a debriefing form for the To keep participant rights preserved.
participants.

Creating the experimental setup in a silent environment at METU-

Experiment Room Preparation
Sense Lab. Placing table, black curtain objects, touchscreen and a chair.
 Project Activities(Cont.)
On-Experiment
Objective Method Purpose
Participants will hear object sounds for(~18s) and then rate
Phase 1 the given 10 adjectives(material properties)
Experiment 1 will show us
A beep sound will indicate participants to start exploring In each human potential of infering
Experiment 1 objects behind the curtain by their hands. After ~20s of experiment material properties by
Phase 2 exploration procedure, they will hear second beep sound and participants auditory cues
immediately rate the given 10 adjectives(material properties) will wear a
noise
cancelling
Participants will explore objects with various object/sound combinations. In headphone
Experiment 2 will give us the
condition A: presented sound is congruent with object presented and in
Experiment 2 condition B: presented sound will belong to different object. Time and rating
strength of manipulation
capacity of auditory cues
procedures will be same as in experiment 1.

Post-Experiment
Inter-Participant Principal Component
Analysis Correlation Analysis
MANOVA Preference Analysis
Analysis

Writing the
Writing the article according to APA 7 rules
 Work-Time Schedule Budget Plan

Item Description Price

Activity Duration Start Date Due Date
30 participant X 70TL(for two
Participation Fee 2100TL
Getting Ethics Consent 3 weeks 08.04.2021 29.04.2021 hour)

Designing the
4 weeks 11.04.2021 07.05.2021 30 Objects with different material
Experiment Materials ~500TL
property
Finding and
Inviting Buying Materials 2 weeks 15.04.2021 26.04.2021 2 headphone one for participant to
Participants Philips TABH305 Active
listen the sounds and the other for
Noise Cancelling 490TL
experimenter to check and
Recording Headphone
1 week 19.04.2021 28.04.2021 control.
Object Sounds

Running Experiment with Professional

2 weeks 09.05.2021 23.05.2021 Microphone for recording object
Subjects Microphone: Boya BY- 826TL
sounds
PM700

Analysing the Data 1.5 weeks 23.04.2021 03.06.2021

Writing the Manuscript

2 weeks 03.06.2021 12.06.2021
Total 3916TL