Cognitive degradation after exposure to combined noise and whole-body vibration in a simulated vehicle ride

International Journal of Vehicle Noise and Vibration

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 130-142

  Ljungberg, Jessica K ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

After effects; Alertness; Annoyance; Cognitive; Noise; Vibration

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; AUTOMOBILE SIMULATORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; VEHICLES; VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

SIMULATED VEHICLE RIDE; VEHICLE NOISE; WHOLE-BODY VIBRATION;

REVERBERATION;

EID: 34948891548     PISSN: 14791471     EISSN: 1479148X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJVNV.2007.014900     Document Type: Article

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