dc.contributor.author	Pieper, Kerstin
dc.contributor.author	Spang, Robert P.
dc.contributor.author	Prietz, Pablo
dc.contributor.author	Möller, Sebastian
dc.contributor.author	Paajanen, Erkki
dc.contributor.author	Vaalgamaa, Markus
dc.contributor.author	Voigt-Antons, Jan-Niklas
dc.date.accessioned	2021-11-17T10:44:56Z
dc.date.available	2021-11-17T10:44:56Z
dc.date.issued	2021-11-01
dc.date.updated	2021-11-15T08:22:59Z
dc.description.abstract	As working and learning environments become open and flexible, people are also potentially surrounded by ambient noise, which causes an increase in mental workload. The present study uses electroencephalogram (EEG) and subjective measures to investigate if noise-canceling technologies can fade out external distractions and free up mental resources. Therefore, participants had to solve spoken arithmetic tasks that were read out via headphones in three sound environments: a quiet environment (no noise), a noisy environment (noise), and a noisy environment but with active noise-canceling headphones (noise-canceling). Our results of brain activity partially confirm an assumed lower mental load in no noise and noise-canceling compared to noise test condition. The mean P300 activation at Cz resulted in a significant differentiation between the no noise and the other two test conditions. Subjective data indicate an improved situation for the participants when using the noise-canceling technology compared to “normal” headphones but shows no significant discrimination. The present results provide a foundation for further investigations into the relationship between noise-canceling technology and mental workload. Additionally, we give recommendations for an adaptation of the test design for future studies.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	DFG, 414044773, Open Access Publizieren 2021 - 2022 / Technische Universität Berlin	de
dc.identifier.eissn	1662-453X
dc.identifier.issn	1662-4548
dc.identifier.uri	https://depositonce.tu-berlin.de/handle/11303/13894
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-12668
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	en
dc.subject.ddc	610 Medizin und Gesundheit	de
dc.subject.other	mental workload	en
dc.subject.other	ambient noise	en
dc.subject.other	noise-canceling	en
dc.subject.other	event-related potentials	en
dc.subject.other	EEG frequency	en
dc.subject.other	subjective measures	en
dc.title	Working With Environmental Noise and Noise-Cancelation: A Workload Assessment With EEG and Subjective Measures	en
dc.type	Article	en
dc.type.version	publishedVersion	en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.articlenumber	771533	en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi	10.3389/fnins.2021.771533	en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitle	Frontiers in Neuroscience	en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublishername	Frontiers	en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublisherplace	Lausanne	en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume	15	en
tub.accessrights.dnb	free	en
tub.affiliation	Fak. 4 Elektrotechnik und Informatik::Inst. Softwaretechnik und Theoretische Informatik::Quality and Usability Lab	de
tub.affiliation.faculty	Fak. 4 Elektrotechnik und Informatik	de
tub.affiliation.group	Quality and Usability Lab	de
tub.affiliation.institute	Inst. Softwaretechnik und Theoretische Informatik	de
tub.publisher.universityorinstitution	Technische Universität Berlin	en

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