The Effect of Background Noise on a “Studying for an Exam” Task in an Open-Plan Study Environment: A Laboratory Study

Students can be disturbed by background noise while working in an open-plan study environment. To improve the acoustic quality of open-plan study environments a study was done on the influence of different sound scenarios on students working on a typical student task, “studying for an exam”. Three s...

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Main Authors: Ella Braat-Eggen, Jikke Reinten, Maarten Hornikx, Armin Kohlrausch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Built Environment
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbuil.2021.687087/full