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Tristán Hernández, Edgar and Pavón García, Ignacio and López Navarro, Juan Manuel (2013). Background noise and its influence on the brain waves related to attention. In: "the International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene – SHO2013", 14/02/2013 - 15/02/2013, Guimaraes - Portugal. ISBN 978-1-138-00047-6. pp. 419-420.
Title: | Background noise and its influence on the brain waves related to attention |
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Item Type: | Presentation at Congress or Conference (Article) |
Event Title: | the International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene – SHO2013 |
Event Dates: | 14/02/2013 - 15/02/2013 |
Event Location: | Guimaraes - Portugal |
Title of Book: | Occupational Safety and Hygiene |
Date: | 2013 |
ISBN: | 978-1-138-00047-6 |
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Faculty: | E.T.S.I. Industriales (UPM) |
Department: | Ingeniería Mecánica y de Fabricación [hasta 2014] |
Creative Commons Licenses: | Recognition - No derivative works - Non commercial |
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In this work, we present a study whose objective is to prove the influence of background noise produced inside university facilities on the brain waves related to attention processes. Recordings of background noise were carried out in study areas inside university facilities. Volunteers were asked to perform an attention test without any background noise but also while being exposed to the sound recordings, and their cerebral activity was recorded through electroencephalography (EEG). After the application of the test in both conditions, changes in the frequency bands related to attention processes (beta 13-30 Hz and theta 4-7 Hz) were studied. The results of this study show that when the students were performing the test while being exposed to background noise, both beta and theta frequency bands decreased statistically significantly. Because attentional improvement is related to increases of the beta and theta waves, we believe that those decreases are directly related to a lack of attention caused by the exposure to background noise. Nevertheless, the results do not allow us to conclude that background noise produced inside university facilities has an influence on the attentional processes.
Item ID: | 26624 |
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DC Identifier: | http://oa.upm.es/26624/ |
OAI Identifier: | oai:oa.upm.es:26624 |
Official URL: | https://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781138000476 |
Deposited by: | Memoria Investigacion |
Deposited on: | 07 May 2015 16:10 |
Last Modified: | 28 May 2015 12:31 |