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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"sensory environment"”.
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Development of an 'individualised sensory environment' for adults with learning disabilities and an evaluation of its effects on their interactive behaviours
… of an intervention incorporating structured sensory stimulation. It was designed for use with adults with learning disabilities who were not yet intentional communicators. The intervention was termed an 'Individualised Sensory Environment' (I.S.E.). The main objective was to reduce the levels …
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Artificial Night Lighting and Anthropogenic Noise Alter Animal Activity, Body Condition, Species Richness, and Community Structure
<p>Sensory pollution from artificial night-lighting and anthropogenic noise have increased at a dramatic rate over the last several decades. Alterations to the sensory environment have been found to affect wildlife in a wide variety of ways including behavioral changes, physiological responses, …
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More than a Metaphor of Malfunction : Conceptualisations and Uses of Silence in the Worlds of Everyday Life and Teaching.
… individuals manage their relationship with the sensory environment and how certain types of sounds constitute an individual's sense of 'silence'. Then, it considers the way that individuals use 'silence' as a metaphor for a variety of different relational states in the worlds of everyday life. …
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Effects of altered prenatal auditory experience on postnatal auditory preferences in bobwhite quail chicks
… indicates that altering the usual prenatal sound environment alters later perceptual performance. Part II of the present study examined the influence of altered prenatal auditory stimulation (in the form of embryonic vocalizations altered in repetition rate) on postnatal auditory preferences in …
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The Mazarin Salon: French Exiles in Seventeenth-Century London
… 1660s onwards. Chapter Two turns to the salon's sensory environment, establishing its size, location, and interior experience. Chapter Three examines the religious dynamics of the salon as a space occupied by Catholics, Huguenots, Anglicans, and Dutch and Italian Protestants to consider the …
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Models of sensory coding
… some of the general computational principles of sensory information processing in the brain. The sensory system detects physical quantities of the environment and transforms them into internal representations on which behavioural decisions are based. The properties that make a representation …
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Inhabitance
… At it’s core, Inhabitance is about spatial and sensory presence. Taking distinct inspiration from other interactive projection works such as Snow Fall (2009) by Italian media studio FUSE°, and Text Rain (1995) by Camille Utterback and Romy Achituv, Inhabitance encourages participants to allow …
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Phenomenon of Homelessness
… awareness of the self, regarding one's physical environment. Awareness of the self occurs as a result of the subjective experience of individuals within a space, including how they perceive, interact with, and feel about their surroundings. Design considerations of a space like the quality of …
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Feeling Time Differently: Autistic Temporality, Self-Care Technologies & Social Imaginaries of the Good Life
… adjustments for a neurodivergent-friendly sensory environment that prioritises inclusivity and specific sensory needs. Ultimately, this thesis provides sociological insights into the disparity between autistic people’s potential, structural obstacles, and actual life outcomes in adulthood. …