Application of electroencephalographic techniques to the study of visual impact of renewable energies
| Autor: | José Manuel Ferrández, Jennifer Sorinas, Francisco Sánchez Ferrer, Eduardo Fernández, M. D. Grima Murcia |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Engineering
Environmental Engineering Visual perception Wind 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law Electroencephalography 01 natural sciences 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Time windows medicine Humans EEG Renewable Energy Waste Management and Disposal Environmental studies Solar power Simulation Visual impact 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Wind power medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Photovoltaic system Renewable energies General Medicine Nuclear power Human emotions Renewable energy Landscape studies Visual Perception business Cartography 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Power Plants |
| Zdroj: | JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT r-FISABIO. Repositorio Institucional de Producción Científica INIA: Repositorio de Resultados de Investigación del INIA r-FISABIO: Repositorio Institucional de Producción Científica Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunitat Valenciana (FISABIO) |
| ISSN: | 1095-8630 0301-4797 |
| Popis: | Much is currently being studied on the negative visual impact associated to the installation of large wind turbines or photovoltaic farms. However, methodologies for quantitatively assessing landscape impact are scarce. In this work we used electroencephalographic (EEG) recordings to investigate the brain activity of 14 human volunteers when looking at the same landscapes with and without wind turbines, solar panels and nuclear power plants. Our results showed no significant differences for landscapes with solar power systems or without them, and the same happened for wind turbines, what was in agreement with their subjective scores. However, there were clear and significant differences when looking at landscapes with and without nuclear power plants. These differences were more pronounced around a time window of 376-407 msec and showed a clear right lateralization for the pictures containing nuclear power plants. Although more studies are still needed, these results suggest that EEG recordings can be a useful procedure for measuring visual impact. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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