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The Power of Presence:
How Spatial Sound Affects Our Health

In conjunction with ‘Spatial Sleep Music’, producer Tom Middleton’s spatial audio album released in 2022, this article by Paul Oomen unpacks and leverages the neuroscience of spatial audio and its potential for reducing anxiety and inducing calm using psychoacoustic phenomenon of ‘presence’ to guide the listener’s awareness.

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11 02 2022

The Effects of Spatial Sound on Human Wellbeing

The Works Research Institute facilitates study into the emerging field of spatial sound. The research aims to provide a new understanding of the principles of sound wave propagation and make benefit of its potential effects on human wellbeing.

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Research Archive:
A Resource for the Science of Sound

The Spatial Sound Institute’s research archive consolidates scientific research about sound in its multi-faceted relation to the human body and spatial environments. Papers and articles are organized based on keywords and trends within four distinct fields of study.

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Explore the Spatial Sound Institute’s Library

With a collection of over a two hundred curated titles and an extensive research archive, the Spatial Sound Institute’s open-access library has been an outreach initiative that recognizes the need for a wider circulation of educational and pedagogical resources in sound, providing cultural and scientific research for the benefit of artists, academics and learners everywhere.

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