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Subjective Fatigue in Children and Adults: Evidence From the Research on Speech Perception and Cognitive Abilities

Subjective Fatigue in Children and Adults: Evidence From the Research on Speech Perception and Cognitive Abilities

Saransh Jain, Suma Raju
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 25
ISBN13: 9781522549550|ISBN10: 1522549552|EISBN13: 9781522549567
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-4955-0.ch010
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Jain, Saransh, and Suma Raju. "Subjective Fatigue in Children and Adults: Evidence From the Research on Speech Perception and Cognitive Abilities." Handbook of Research on Psychosocial Perspectives of Human Communication Disorders, edited by Sanjeev Kumar Gupta and Srinivasan Venkatesan, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 184-208. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4955-0.ch010

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Jain, S. & Raju, S. (2018). Subjective Fatigue in Children and Adults: Evidence From the Research on Speech Perception and Cognitive Abilities. In S. Gupta & S. Venkatesan (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Psychosocial Perspectives of Human Communication Disorders (pp. 184-208). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4955-0.ch010

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Jain, Saransh, and Suma Raju. "Subjective Fatigue in Children and Adults: Evidence From the Research on Speech Perception and Cognitive Abilities." In Handbook of Research on Psychosocial Perspectives of Human Communication Disorders, edited by Sanjeev Kumar Gupta and Srinivasan Venkatesan, 184-208. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4955-0.ch010

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Abstract

Fatigue is a common yet poorly understood topic. The psychological, physiological, social, emotional, and cognitive wellbeing of a person may be affected due to fatigue. Despite a century of research in understanding the effect of fatigue on human systems, there is no concrete explanation as how fatigue affects the perception of speech. Fatigue impairs auditory cognition and the reduced cognitive abilities further increase mental and physical fatigue. Since cognition is markedly affected in individuals experiencing mental fatigue, its consequences are widespread. According to the top-down approach of auditory processing, there is a direct link between cognition and speech perception. Thus, in the present chapter, the influence of fatigue on perception is reviewed. It is noted that the impact of fatigue on cognition and quality of life is different for children and adults. Training in music, meditation, and exposure to more than one language are some of the measures that help to reduce the effect of fatigue and improve cognitive abilities in both children as well as in adults.

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