Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 12(1)

Published: March 3, 2025

Despite their alignment with sustainable development principles, wind farms often provoke controversy and misinformation, particularly regarding the noise they produce potential impact on human functioning. Concerns have been raised about possible effects of this irritation levels, psychological well-being, cognitive Yet, there is still a lack controlled, comprehensive studies that could substantiate these concerns. Here, neuroscience approach proposed to experimentally multifactorial explore turbine noise's various mental functions. We used recordings from an actual investigate its dynamics brain waves crucial for complex tasks, as well sustained attention inductive reasoning in healthy adult volunteers. also tested subjective evaluation stress induced by annoyance it causes. Control conditions included silence road traffic (participants were blind nature acoustic variables). The findings pilot study reveal short-term exposure sound pressure level corresponding real-world situation (i.e., 65 dB SPL) does not adversely affect any examined functions perceived more stressful or bothersome than noise. Furthermore, we utilized scales found even tendencies towards rumination reduced capacity reflection ambiguity tolerance did lead maladaptive perceptions and, therefore, state might indirectly influence Although results cannot be generalized, support concept interlinkage between functioning cause-and-effect relationship. discuss mediating role socially constructed beliefs interrelation. indicate how important use future research may objective assessment cognition.

Language: Английский