Decision making can be a complicated process involving perception of the present situation, past experience and knowledge necessary to foresee a better future. This cognitive process is one of the essential human ability that is required from everyday walk of life to making major life choices. Although it may seem ambiguous to translate such a primitive process into quantifiable science, the goal of this thesis is to break it down to signal processing and quantifying the thought process with prominence of EEG signal power variance. This paper will discuss the cognitive science, the signal processing of brain signals and how brain activity can be quantifiable through data analysis. An experiment is analyzed in this thesis to provide evidence that theta frequency band activity is associated with stress and stress is negatively correlated with concentration and problem solving, therefore hindering decision making skill. From the results of the experiment, it is seen that theta is negatively correlated to delta and beta frequency band activity, thus establishing the fact that stress affects internal focus while carrying out a task.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc984237 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Salma, Nabila |
| Contributors | Namuduri, Kamesh, Vaidyanathan, Vijay, Li, Xinrong |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | viii, 64 pages, Text |
| Rights | Public, Salma, Nabila, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
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