Mats Nilsson Professor

I am researching how we experience and are affected by sound and noise. My previous research primarily focused on the health effects of traffic noise and experiences of sound environments in green areas. In recent years, my research has focused on basic auditory abilities, especially concerning blind individuals' ability to use sound information for navigating their surroundings (known as 'echolocation').

Since 2021, I have been the study director for the doctoral program in psychology at the Department of Psychology.

Swedish Acoustic Society's Sound Prize 2022

On March 22, 2023, I received the Swedish Acoustic Society's Sound Prize 2022. It was awarded at their annual Sound Day.  In addition to honor and a diploma, I also received a miniature of one of Carl Milles' Musicians' Angels.

Citation

"The Swedish Acoustic Society's Sound Prize 2022 is awarded to Professor Mats Nilsson at Stockholm University for outstanding contributions in psychoacoustics and epidemiology with a focus on noise across various scientific areas and applications. Mats Nilsson has contributed to the development of Gösta Ekman's Laboratory for psychophysical research at Stockholm University and has researched soundscapes, masking of both traffic noise and wind turbine noise, cognition of various noise sources, including how these change with noise-reducing measures such as noise barriers. In recent years, he has also worked on sound perception for the blind and how individuals with visual impairments use echolocation through click sounds."

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