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Physiological and psychological evaluations in low- and high-frequency noise using near-infrared spectroscopy

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This study aims to evaluate physiological and psychological states using near infrared spectroscopy in noise environments with low or high frequencies. Our system assumes that noise affects brain activity in the frontal lobe. In order to evaluate the subject’s states in a noise environment, we constructed an experimental system that measures the subject’s states. The experimental method adopted here was borrowed from our previous studies. In the present study, we collected experimental data about the subject’s unpleasant or pleasant experiences by producing a noise environment with low and high frequencies. We conclude that noises with low or high frequencies affect our psychological states as well as brain activity in the frontal lobe.

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  1. Aoyama Gakuin University, Sagamihara, Japan

    Takeru Osawa, Akio Nozawa & Hideto Ide

  2. Kagawa University, Takamatsu, Japan

    Hirotoshi Asano & Toshikazu Okazaki

  3. The University of Electro-Communications, Chofu, Japan

    Tota Mizuno

  4. Kogakuin University, Shinjyuku, Japan

    Hisaya Tanaka

  5. Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka, Japan

    Syusaku Nomura

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Osawa, T., Asano, H., Mizuno, T. et al. Physiological and psychological evaluations in low- and high-frequency noise using near-infrared spectroscopy. Artif Life Robotics 21, 5–10 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-015-0249-2

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