A change of captain´s EEG in a container ship-working in a bridge and resting in a cabin

Author

Idogawa, Kyoko ; Yazu, Yusuke ; Anse, M. ; Ninomija, Satoki P.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Humanities, Seitoko Univ., Chiba, Japan

fYear

1994

Firstpage

237

Abstract

The authors have experimented to investigate the relation between the electroencephalogram (EEG) and the level of brain activity of a captain in a container ship. The authors´ object is to show how EEG activity changes when working or when relaxing according to the progress of time. It is concluded that an expert such as the captain can exercise self-control because of duty to safety, that is, the captain can easily switch from a strained working stage to a relaxed resting stage. The characteristic patterns of the captain´s EEG were components of AR power spectra; active waves appeared dominantly in a strained condition, while inactive waves appeared in a relaxed condition

Keywords

electroencephalography; ships; EEG characteristic patterns; EEG components; active waves; autoregressive power spectra; captain´s EEG; container ship; duty to safety; expert professional; inactive waves; maritime safety; relaxed resting stage; self-control exercise; ship´s bridge; ship´s cabin; strained working stage; Accidents; Brain; Bridges; Containers; Educational institutions; Electroencephalography; Marine vehicles; Safety; Spectral analysis; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1994. Engineering Advances: New Opportunities for Biomedical Engineers. Proceedings of the 16th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2050-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1994.412049

Filename

412049