Origins of the male attraction by motor sports sounds
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What are the psychoacoustic, socio-psychological, historical, and other types of explanations to the interest that many people - primarily young males - exhibit towards the sounds of (often loud) combustion engines, such as those of motorcycles, motor boats, and racing cars?
The sounds emitted by such vehicles cause adverse health effects when perceived as environmental noise in communities. Therefore, answers into the above question may lead to new approaches for the partial mitigation of community noise problems.
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It is a well-known fact that many of these vehicles are intentionally manufactured or rendered by their users to produce much more sound than would be necessary using standard technological solutions (e.g. mufflers) available. Thus, what are the stated and unstated (whether concious or not) purposes of trying to achieve this sound - as viewed by the manufacturers, sellers, and users of such vehicles?
Obviously, the view of particular interest is that of the users (of the vehicle), as they have made the decision to invest their money and time to obtain a "good-sounding" vehicle. (That said, the sound is usually only one of the favorable qualities that the user associates with the vehicle.)
All perceptions may involve or elicit many types of responses that could be coarsely classified as bodily feelings, emotions, thoughts, and (immediate) muscular reactions. Thus, the perception of a particular sound may be desirable in numerous different ways.
- Taking analogies from the senses of vision, olfaction, and gustation, the sound may be "pleasant" as such (i.e. the sound is enjoyable as is the fragrance of a good-smelling fruit or a beautiful sunset). It may also be "interesting" in the same way as an optical illusion or the taste of a new food item are. One might continue this list to include desirable qualities such as "stimulating", "relaxing", "strengthening", "calming", "soothing", "refreshing", and so forth.
- On the other hand, the desirability of a particular sound may also stem from the fact that the sound somehow becomes associated (i.e. by means of concious or non-concious recollection) with a similar sound from ones past experience that in turn relates to some activity, person(s) or event that are conceived as enjoyable, valuable or otherwise desirable. For example, a sound of a jingle might refresh one's memories of happy moments from forgotten Christmas celebrations in one's childhood.
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