An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Auditory Flutter Fusion as a Measure of Mental Stress,

Abstract

The paper presents a study of auditory flutter fusion as a technique for the analysis of mental stress. Auditory flutter fusion is defined as the point at which a pulsed signal becomes fused or sounds continuous. The basis for this study is that the frequency at which the signal becomes fused drops in an amount proportional to the amount of mental stress induced. The object of this paper is to further the study of this technique and to investigate whether or not the deviation between the flutter fusion points taken before a mental task and the points taken immediately following the task replicate over repeated trails of the same subject. The paper also examines whether or not this deviation is statistically the same between different subjects.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0738944

Entities

People

  • Waymon David Shehane Jr

Organizations

  • United States Army Materiel Command

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Frequency

Readers

  • Auditory Neuroscience/Auditory Physiology.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.