Responses
to an extra credit question on the Second Exam in Perception, November, 2004.
Question:
Some hotels now offer soothing sounds to lull a weary traveler to sleep. Would
you prefer one of the classics (the pounding surf; Mother's heartbeat; the chirping
of crickets; an ambulance en route to St. Luke's) or is there another sound
that reliably sends you off to dreamland?
|
sound |
incidence of report |
|
ocean (sound of the
surf) |
13 |
|
classical music |
5 |
|
falling rain |
4 |
|
fan hum |
3 |
|
radiator in dorm room |
3 |
|
silence |
2 |
|
white noise |
2 |
|
soft classical music |
1 |
|
chirping seabirds |
1 |
|
quiet street mid-day |
1 |
|
soft music |
1 |
|
L train hum |
1 |
|
noise (ambulance,
chatter) |
1 |
|
roommate typing on
computer |
1 |
|
Me and Julio Down by
the Schoolyard |
1 |
|
"The Sounds of
Yellowstone" |
1 |
|
"Lady of
Shalott" |
1 |
|
sounds of night in
Minnesota |
1 |
|
the results of active
noise cancellation |
1 |
|
garbage trucks |
1 |