An Investigation on the Effect of Various Noises on Human Sensibility by using EEG Signal

Authors: Wonhak Cho, Jongkwan Lee, Taeyoon Son, Hyeonki Choi

Abstract:

Noise causes significant sensibility changes on a human. This study investigated the effect of five different noises on electroencephalogram (EEG) and subjective evaluation. Six human subjects were exposed to classic piano, ocean wave, alarm in army, ambulance, mosquito noise and EEG data were collected during the experimental session. Alpha band activity in the mosquito noise was smaller than that in the classic piano. Alpha band activity decreased 43.4 ± 8.2 % in the mosquito noise. On the other hand, Beta band activity in the mosquito noise was greater than that in the classic piano. Beta band activity increased 60.1 ± 10.7 % in the mosquito noise. The advances from this study may aid the product design process with human sensibility engineering. This result may provide useful information in designing a human-oriented product to avoid the stress.

Keywords: Electroencephalogram, Human sensibility, Human-oriented product design, Noise.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1081363

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