Title :
Initial investigation of brainwave synchronization after five sessions of Horizontal Rotation intervention using EEG
Author :
Murat, Zunairah Hj ; Taib, Mohd Nasir ; Hanafiah, Zodie Mohamed ; Lias, Sahrim ; Kadir, Ros Shilawani S Abdul ; Rahman, Husna Abdul
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Electr. Eng., Univ. Teknol. MARA Malaysia
Abstract :
This research investigates the effects of five sessions of Horizontal Rotation (HR) on human brainwaves synchronization using EEG. EEG signals were captured from 42 participants before and after undergoing HR using two-channel bipolar connection in a controlled environment. The signals were filtered and classified into the four frequency bands; Delta, Theta, Alpha and Beta. Graphs were plotted and paired T-test analysis was used to demonstrate the correlation between left and right brainwaves before and after HR to verify brainwave synchronization. It was observed that after five sessions of HR, brainwaves were more synchronized for all frequency bands with highest increment of 37% in Delta band while the lowest increment is at 6% for Theta band. Thus, there was evidence that HR could synchronize brainwaves.
Keywords :
electroencephalography; mechanoception; neurophysiology; EEG; alpha frequency brainwaves; beta frequency brainwaves; delta frequency brainwaves; frequency 0.1 Hz to 3 Hz; frequency 13 Hz to 40 Hz; frequency 4 Hz to 7 Hz; frequency 8 Hz to 12 Hz; horizontal rotation intervention; human brainwave synchronization; left brainwaves; paired T test analysis; right brainwaves; theta frequency brainwaves; two channel bipolar connection; Biomedical signal processing; Brain cells; Central Processing Unit; Electroencephalography; Ethics Committee; Frequency synchronization; Human factors; Neurons; Scalp; Speech analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Signal Processing & Its Applications, 2009. CSPA 2009. 5th International Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
Kuala Lumpur
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4151-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4152-5
DOI :
10.1109/CSPA.2009.5069249