Title :
Temporal hemispheric dominance of omega-3: Measurement of alpha and beta wave signals using EEG
Author :
Bin Yahya, Muhammad ; Murat, Zunairah Hj ; Binti Ismail, Afiqah Qumira
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Electr. Eng., Univ. Technol. MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia
Abstract :
This paper presents a study of the effect of consuming omega-3 to the brainwave activity, concentrating on Alpha and Beta waves. The effects were studied through 12 volunteers consisting of 7 male and 5 female Electrical Engineering students. They were supplied with 900 mg of omega-3 per day for 3 months and the results were concluded. Wireless EEG equipment via bluetooth was used to measure the brainwave signals in the right and left frontal area of the brain with the EEG data recorded from 12 samples. The artifacts of the EEG signals were removed by means of a program using MATLAB and the correlation between the left and the right brainwaves were achieved using paired-samples T test from SPSS. The outcome, which are brain balancing index (BBI) and brain dominance shows the improvement of brain activity after omega-3 consumption.
Keywords :
Bluetooth; bioelectric potentials; biomedical equipment; data recording; electroencephalography; medical signal processing; neurophysiology; EEG data recording; EEG signals; MATLAB program; alpha wave signal measurement; beta wave signal measurement; bluetooth; brain activity; brain balancing index; brain dominance; brainwave activity; brainwave signals; left frontal area; omega-3 consumption effect; paired-samples T test; right frontal area; temporal hemispheric dominance; wireless EEG equipment; Brain; Correlation; Electrical engineering; Electrodes; Electroencephalography; Indexes; Systems engineering and theory; EEG; Omega-3; brainwave balancing index;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical, Electronics and System Engineering (ICEESE), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kuala Lumpur
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3177-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICEESE.2013.6895048
