Background sound pressure fluctuations (5 db) from overhead ventilation systems increase subjective fatigue of university students during three-hour lectures

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 451-456

  Persinger, M A ^a   Tiller, S G ^b   Koren, S A ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NOISE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STUDENT; TEACHING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NOISE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; TEACHING; VENTILATION;

EID: 0033111893     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1999.88.2.451     Document Type: Article

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