Effect of Brief Loud Noise on Decision Making

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Abstract
An experiment was designed to investigate whether irrelevant loud bursts of low‐frequency noise affected decision‐making unfavorably. Analysis of the results revealed a significant decrement in performance due to the noise distraction. Scores for the whole of a 4‐min test were unimpaired because only those responses immediately following the noise were affected. A second experiment demonstrated that effects were related to intensity.