Abstract
Objectives
In this paper series of experiments were carried out in order to check the influence of various sounds on human concentration during visually stimulated tasks performance.
Methods
The obtained data was filtered. For the study purposes various smoothing filters were tested, including Median and Savitzky–Golay Filters; however, median filter only was applied. Implementation of this filter made the obtained data more legible and useful for potential diagnostics purposes. The tests were carried out with the implementation of the Emotiv Flex EEG headset.
Results
The obtained results were promising and complied with the initial assumptions, which stated that the “relax”-phase, despite relaxing sounds stimuli, is strongly affected with the “focus”-phase with distracting sounds, which is clearly visible in the shape of the recorded EEG data.
Conclusions
Further investigations with broader range of subjects is being currently carried out in order to confirm the already obtained results.
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Research funding: None declared.
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Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this sub-mitted manuscript and approved submission.
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Competing interests: The funding organization(s) played no role in the study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; or in the decision to submit the report for publication.
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Ethical Approval: The conducted research is not related to either human or animal use.
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