Effects of Background Music on Mental Fatigue in Steady-State Visually Evoked Potential-Based BCIs

Gao, Shouwei; Zhou, Kang; Zhang, Jun; Cheng, Yi; Mao, Shujun

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“…Therefore, timely and effective interventions are needed to improve mental fatigue status. At present, there are many interventions to improve fatigue, such as caffeine ( Herden and Weissert, 2020 ), odor stimulation ( Wang et al, 2023 ), music ( Gao et al, 2023 ) and outdoor activities ( Abdollahzade et al, 2023 ). Nonetheless, these proposed strategies to counteract mental fatigue may not be readily implemented or effective in a timely manner.…”

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The effect of transcranial electrical stimulation on the relief of mental fatigue

Chen,

Huang,

Wang

et al. 2024

Front. Neurosci.

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ObjectiveThe presence of mental fatigue seriously affects daily life and working conditions. Non-invasive transcranial electrical stimulation has become an increasingly popular tool for relieving mental fatigue. We investigated whether transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) could be used to alleviate the state of mental fatigue in a population of healthy young adults and compared their effects.MethodsWe recruited 10 participants for a blank control, repeated measures study. Each participant received 15 min of anodal tDCS, α-tACS, and blank stimulation. Participants were required to fill in the scale, perform the test task and collect ECG signals in the baseline, fatigue and post-stimulus states. We then assessed participants’ subjective fatigue scale scores, test task accuracy and HRV characteristics of ECG signals separately.ResultsWe found that both anodal tDCS and α-tACS significantly (P < 0.05) reduced subjective fatigue and improved accuracy on the test task compared to the blank group, and the extent of change was greater with tACS. For the HRV features extracted from ECG signals. After tACS intervention, SDNN (t = −3.241, P = 0.002), LF (t = −3.511, P = 0.001), LFn (t = −3.122, P = 0.002), LFn/HFn (−2.928, P = 0.005), TP (t = −2.706, P = 0.008), VLF (t = −3.002, P = 0.004), SD2 (t = −3.594, P = 0.001) and VLI (t = −3.564, P = 0.001) showed a significant increasing trend, and HFn (t = 3.122, P = 0.002), SD1/SD2 (t = 3.158, P = 0.002) and CCM_1 (t = 3.106, P = 0.003) showed a significant decreasing trend. After tDCS intervention, only one feature, TINN, showed a significant upward trend (P < 0.05). The other features showed non-significant changes but roughly the same trend as the tACS group.ConclusionBoth tDCS and α-tACS can be effective in relieving mental fatigue, and α-tACS is more effective than tDCS. This study provides theoretical support for tDCS with α-tACS having a alleviating effect on mental fatigue and the use of ECG as a valid objective assessment tool.

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The effect of transcranial electrical stimulation on the relief of mental fatigue

Chen,

Huang,

Wang

et al. 2024

Front. Neurosci.

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The Effect of Music on Resistance to Mental Fatigue：Evidence of EEG Power Spectrum

Liu,

He,

2024

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Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of music listening in alleviating mental fatigue among healthy participants and to explore the neural evidence by electroencephalography (EEG). Methods: A total of 30 participants were recruited and randomly assigned to either the Music or Control groups. Mental fatigue was induced in both groups using a 30-minute Stroop task. Following this task, the Music group listened to music for 20 minutes, while the Control group sat quietly for the same duration. Measurements were taken at three time points: before the Stroop task, immediately after the Stroop task, and after the 20-minute intervention period. Visual Analog Scale (VAS) scores and 3-minute resting-state EEG signals were collected at each time point. Results: The data indicated that music listening significantly reduced mental fatigue. VAS scores decreased more in the Music group than the Control group (P=0.031). The EEG iAPF showed a significant recovery in the Music group (P<0.0001). Delta power in the frontal region decreased significantly post-intervention in the Music group (P=0.011). Theta and alpha power also decreased significantly in the Music group across multiple brain regions (all Ps<0.0076), with no significant changes observed in beta power. Conclusion: These findings highlight the potential of music as a non-invasive and enjoyable intervention for mitigating the effects of mental fatigue. Moreover, iAPF, theta, and alpha power can serve as reliable biomarkers for assessing mental fatigue and the restorative effects of interventions like music.

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Effects of Background Music on Mental Fatigue in Steady-State Visually Evoked Potential-Based BCIs

Cited by 2 publications

References 40 publications

The effect of transcranial electrical stimulation on the relief of mental fatigue

The effect of transcranial electrical stimulation on the relief of mental fatigue

The Effect of Music on Resistance to Mental Fatigue：Evidence of EEG Power Spectrum

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