Researchers from the AMU Faculty of Educational Studies and AMU Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, collaborating within the Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, have developed a new approach to studying the effects of wind turbine noise on mental processes.
In a new article, they show the significant experimental potential of combining the research techniques of cognitive neuroscience and psychoacoustics. The results of a pilot study using this approach suggest there is no cause-and-effect relationship between wind turbine noise and cognitive functioning. The possible negative impact on brain function is not due to the noise but rather socially constructed beliefs regarding wind farms and their interference with the local landscape.
Our congratulations to the authors Agnieszka Rościszewska, PhD, Maciej Buszkiewicz, MA, Gabriela Dobrzyńska-Kobylec, MA, Anna Klichowska, MA, Tomasz Przybyla, PhD, Blanca B. Nagy, Prof. Andrzej Wicher and Prof. Michał Klichowski.
The article was published in the Nature - Humanities & Social Sciences Communications group journal.
Link to publication: Cognitive neuroscience approach to explore the impact of wind turbine noise on various mental functions
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