THE INFLUENCE OF NOISE ON COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE

Abstract

Human performance is affected by several factors related to work and workplace
conditions, including occupational noise. Work and mental performance measures
including memory, attention, focus, and reaction time can be impacted by noise.
Reaction time in response to a situation can significantly impact our lives because of
its practical implications. Students' cognitive functioning is negatively impacted by
environmental noise that invades the learning environment. The impact of noise
elements on students' cognitive performance is examined in this study. High cognitive
performance is needed by students, especially in lecture material that requires high
memory. Aspects of cognitive ergonomics are included in this study because it
examines how people interact with noisy environments. In this study, measuring
cognitive performance was carried out by measuring reaction time, number memory
performance, and sequence memory performance. The results of this study's statistical
tests indicate that, both in the presence and absence of noise, gender had no discernible
impact on reaction times, numerical recall, or sequence memory. The presence of noise
can significantly reduce the performance of sequence memory. Number memory
performance decreases in the presence of noise, but not significantly. The reaction
time required to respond to the stimulus is longer in the presence of noise, but not
significant.