The effect of moderate broadband noise on cognitive performance: a systematic review

IF 2.4 3区工程技术 Q2 ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL Cognition Technology & Work Pub Date : 2023-11-07 DOI:10.1007/s10111-023-00746-2

Hang Zhou, Brett R. C. Molesworth, Marion Burgess, Julie Hatfield

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Abstract Individuals in occupational settings are often exposed to moderate levels (e.g., < 85 dBA) of background noise (i.e., broadband noise) while performing cognitive-based tasks. Exposure to such noise may affect individuals’ cognitive performance and thus affect desired performance level (e.g., safety performance). The present review outlines the effect of moderate broadband noise on indices of cognition such as reaction time, attention, short-term and long-term memory, and high(er)-order cognitive tasks such as decision-making, mental arithmetic, grammatic reasoning, or reading comprehension. The present review highlights limitations associated with moderators, and their effect on broadband noise. 43 studies ranging from 1980 to February 2023 were selected and analysed to investigate this issue. Reviewed results offered minimal evidence for a negative effect of moderate broadband noise on cognitive performance. Negative effects that were found, were often evident only under specific circumstances. The roles of cognitive load, repeated session, and individual differences (e.g., sex) were found to differ from theoretical predictions based on evidence from broader noise(s), which highlights the distinctive characteristics of the mild stressor; hence an area for future research.

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适度宽带噪声对认知能力的影响:一项系统综述

职业环境中的个体通常暴露于中等水平(例如，<85 dBA)的背景噪声(即宽带噪声)，同时执行基于认知的任务。暴露于这种噪音可能会影响个人的认知表现，从而影响期望的表现水平(例如，安全表现)。本文概述了中等宽带噪声对认知指标的影响，如反应时间、注意力、短期和长期记忆，以及高阶认知任务，如决策、心算、语法推理或阅读理解。本综述强调了与调节器相关的局限性，以及它们对宽带噪声的影响。从1980年到2023年2月的43项研究被选择和分析来调查这个问题。回顾的结果提供了最少的证据表明适度宽带噪声对认知表现的负面影响。所发现的负面影响往往只有在特定情况下才明显。认知负荷、重复会话和个体差异(如性别)的作用被发现与基于更广泛噪音证据的理论预测不同，这突出了轻度压力源的独特特征;因此这是未来研究的领域。

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Cognition Technology & Work ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL-

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期刊介绍： Cognition, Technology & Work focuses on the practical issues of human interaction with technology within the context of work and, in particular, how human cognition affects, and is affected by, work and working conditions. The aim is to publish research that normally resides on the borderline between people, technology, and organisations. Including how people use information technology, how experience and expertise develop through work, and how incidents and accidents are due to the interaction between individual, technical and organisational factors. The target is thus the study of people at work from a cognitive systems engineering and socio-technical systems perspective. The most relevant working contexts of interest to CTW are those where the impact of modern technologies on people at work is particularly important for the users involved as well as for the effects on the environment and plants. Modern society has come to depend on the safe and efficient functioning of a multitude of technological systems as diverse as industrial production, transportation, communication, supply of energy, information and materials, health and finance.