The impact of low frequency noise on human mental performance

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 185-198

  Pawlaczyk Łuszczyńska, Małgorzata ^a   Dudarewicz, Adam ^a   Waszkowska, Małgorzata ^a   Szymczak, Wiesław ^a   Śliwińska Kowalska, Mariola ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Annoyance; Human mental performance; Low frequency noise; Noise sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; COMPARING OF NAMES TEST; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTINUOUS ATTENTION TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; MALE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STROOP COLOR WORD TEST; VISION; WELLBEING;

EID: 22844436216     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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