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Arousal Retention Effect of Magnetic Stimulation to Car Drivers Preventing Drowsy Driving without Sleep Rebound
Author(s) -
MOHRI YOSHIYUKI,
KAWAGUCHI MASATO,
KOJIMA SHIGEYA,
YAMADA MUNEO,
NAKANO TOMOAKI,
MOHRI KANEO
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
electronics and communications in japan
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.131
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1942-9541
pISSN - 1942-9533
DOI - 10.1002/ecj.11949
Subject(s) - arousal , audiology , stimulus (psychology) , stimulation , psychology , electroencephalography , simulation , anesthesia , medicine , computer science , neuroscience , cognitive psychology
SUMMARY We report experimental validation of the existence of so‐called the sleeping rebound phenomenon against each sensory stimulus using a driving simulator and the electroencephalograph for about 105 subjects with evaluation of an arousal index ( α + β )/( δ + θ ) in the electroencephalogram measurements after each driving operation. We found that methods using the perfume presentation, the alert presentation, the vibration, and chewing gum were resulted in the sleeping rebound phenomenon, while a proposed magnetic stimulation showed an arousal retention effect without the sleeping rebound. Mechanisms of the arousal effect of the magnetic stimulation were discussed with measurements of electric conductivity versus water temperature characteristics of pure water.