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Student Number: 40614588
Topic A: No-one doubts that noise can be a nuisance, but does noise actually cause impairments in the biological and cognitive domains of psychology?
Noise can often be a nuisance to most of us. All unwanted and disagreeable sound in our everyday life can be considered as noise. ... But does noise actually cause problems in human behavior and health? This paper argues that noise actually associates to impairments in the biological and cognitive domains of psychology, instead of causing them. In presenting the experiments carried out by different groups of researchers, the paper first demonstrates the relationship between noise and physiological functions. Secondly, the association of noise and cognitive field of psychology will be interpreted and analysed.
Researchers have been studying the effects of noise on biological or physiological functions for a period of time. Studies suggest that people suffering from high level of noise tend to have increased arousal and stress (Bell, P. ... Therefore, the association of stress-related disease such as hypertension, heart attack, and stroke with noise level has been well studied by researchers. ...
Student Number: 40614588
Evans, Hygge and Bullinger (1995) compared 135 children that live near Munich International Airport (average noise level = 68.1 dBA) and in a nearby quiet urban neighborhood (average noise level = 59.
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