The Effects of Noise on Human Behavior

Abstract

The present report is a comprehensive summary of a program of research on the effects of high intensity noise on human behavior. In all, six major studies were conducted and are reviewed. In general, the results of this series of studies show that noise has no marked effect on mental performance and that individual differences in noise susceptibility are unrelated to personality characteristics. There is some indication that a relationship exists between noise susceptibility and functional level of the autonomic nervous system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1952
Accession Number
AD0018259

Entities

People

  • John F. Corso

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Autonomic Nervous System
  • Data Science
  • Ear Diseases
  • Hearing Loss
  • Human Behavior
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Medical Personnel
  • Nervous System
  • Noise
  • Noise Reduction
  • Personality
  • Surveys

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Acoustics.
  • Cardiovascular Physiology
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.