A study on the degree of disturbance by sound under mental tasks using electroencephalogram

Noise Control Engineering Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-70

  Tsujimura, Sohei ^a   Yamada, Yukiko ^a  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

CONDUCTING MEASUREMENTS; DEGREES OF DISTURBANCE; LOSS OF CONCENTRATION;

ACOUSTIC WAVE EFFECTS;

EID: 40449120003     PISSN: 07362501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3397/1.2829903     Document Type: Article

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