Exploring sex differences in auditory saliency: the role of acoustic characteristics in bottom-up attention

Obama, Naoya; Sato, Yoshiki; Kodama, Narihiro; Kodani, Yuhei; Nakamura, Katsuya; Yokozeki, Ayaka; Nagami, Shinsuke

doi:10.1186/s12868-024-00909-5

BMC Neuroscience

Table 3 List of salient sounds by sex

From: Exploring sex differences in auditory saliency: the role of acoustic characteristics in bottom-up attention

Audio clip	Token	Taxonomy		Duration [Second]	Loudness [dBSPL]	Spectrum [Hz]	Response rate [%]
Audio clip	Token	Sound classes	Sound events	Duration [Second]	Loudness [dBSPL]	Spectrum [Hz]	Male	Female
Clip 1	Foreground	Nature	Dog bark (1)	2.03	64.9	1370	83	75
		Mechanical	Car horn (1)	1.12	69.1	1000	89	67
		Human	Footsteps (1)	4.9	64.9	73	83	58
		Human	Dog bark (2)	0.14	71.2	511	39	54
		Mechanical	Car riding (1)	2.08	68.3	64	78	66
		Nature	Footsteps (2)	3.53	62.1	263	61	42
		Mechanical	Mechanical (2)	2.09	64.2	1603	67	50
		Nature	Animal tweet	3	60.7	5282	56	38
Clip 2	Background	Noise	Car noise	1.59	69.3	9105	–	45
	Foreground	Human	Child shouting (1)	0.57	64.7	2962	39	39
		Human	Child shouting (2)	1.51	67.5	1233	33	30
		Human	Child shouting (3)	1.09	70	1053	33	26
		Human	Child shouting (4)	2.13	68.2	1090	–	39
	Background	Noise	Car noise	3.48	77.9	9591	37	–
	Foreground	Human	Child shouting (5)	1.39	69.4	1284	33	57
		Human	Child shouting (6)	2.43	63.6	1169	17	35
		Human	Child shouting (7)	2.01	70.1	1071	89	78
	Background	Noise	Car noise	4.45	67.9	8421	84	64
Clip 3	Foreground	Mechanical	Alarm (1)	1.02	61.8	883	63	36
		Mechanical	Mechanical (3)	1.1	63.7	121	42	40
		Mechanical	Mechanical noise (1)	1.09	61.5	309	37	–
	Background	Noise	Car noise	2	71.5	2177	35	–
	Foreground	Mechanical	Car horn (2)	2.51	69.6	999	90	84
		Mechanical	Alarm (2)	1.54	69.2	610	58	52
		Mechanical	Alarm (3)	0.58	68.7	3064	60	56
		Mechanical	Police siren	5.02	71.4	1140	74	64
		Music	Music live	4.5	66.7	393	42	48
		Mechanical	Train horn	1.5	69.1	438	69	48
Clip 4	Foreground	Mechanical	Drilling (1)	2.45	61.5	30	69	48
	Foreground	Mechanical	Car riding (2)	3.02	60.3	130	42	36
	Background	Noise	Noise	0.18	67.4	6492	40	–
	Foreground	Mechanical	Drilling (2)	1.21	66.1	122	90	68
	Background	Noise	Noise	4.5	68.3	810	–	44
	Foreground	Mechanical	Mechanical (4)	2.02	63	1617	100	76
	Foreground	Mechanical	Mechanical (5)	1.41	65.3	1797	79	80
	Background	Noise	Dog bark	0.47	65.5	5700	35	–
	Foreground	Mechanical	Drilling (3)	2.46	66.5	130	79	72
Clip 5	Background	Noise	Noise	0.37	69.4	2898	35	30
	Foreground	Mechanical	Alarm (4)	0.11	58.8	151	47	–
		Mechanical	Air conditioner	1.04	60.9	57	53	39
		Mechanical	Jackhammer (1)	3	61.7	100	58	48
		Mechanical	Siren (1)	1.16	61.4	1169	52	48
		Mechanical	Jackhammer (2)	3.59	60.8	97	68	57
		Mechanical	Siren (2)	2.03	59.3	487	42	–
		Mechanical	Mechanical noise (3)	0.55	63.5	483	47	35
		Mechanical	Mechanical noise (4)	0.45	56.2	487	58	–
		Mechanical	Jackhammer (3)	3.59	58.1	5097	79	52

Duration Duration of each sound in seconds, Loudness Maximum loudness of sound, Spectrum Maximum spectrum of sound, Response rate Percentage agreement of responses to sound events by sex, dBSPL Sound pressure level, Hz Frequency

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