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  • Environmental Science
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience

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  • Environmental noise (EN) negatively affects living conditions.
  • Learning commons can experience high noise levels (70-90 dBA).

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  • To investigate the psycho-physiological effects of environmental noise on students.
  • To assess the impact of EN on cognitive task performance.

Main Methods:

  • 16 students performed a puzzle task under quiet and noisy (75 dBA) conditions.
  • Evaluated puzzle completion, heart rate, blink rate, and neural activity.

Main Results:

  • Student performance was 4% lower in noisy conditions.
  • Environmental noise increased heart rate (3.48%) and blink rate (22.91%).
  • Neural electrical activity decreased by at least 3%.

Conclusions:

  • Academic work is challenging in noisy learning commons.
  • Environmental noise above permissible limits impairs student performance and electrophysiological function.