Humaira Nisar

Prof. Humaira Nisar

Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR)
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Academic Career Length

27Years (2000-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 July 2020 in Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering
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Rab NawazRab Nawaz
Rab Nawaz
KCKit Hwa Cheah
Kit Hwa Cheah
Humaira NisarHumaira Nisar
Humaira Nisar
VYVooi Voon Yap
Vooi Voon Yap

1 August 2021 in Medical Image Analysis
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ASAnabia Sohail
Anabia Sohail
AKAsifullah Khan
Asifullah Khan
Humaira NisarHumaira Nisar
Humaira Nisar
STSobia Tabassum
Sobia Tabassum
AZAneela Zameer
Aneela Zameer

20 July 2018 in IEEE Access
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Rab NawazRab Nawaz
Rab Nawaz
Humaira NisarHumaira Nisar
Humaira Nisar
YVYap Vooi Voon
Yap Vooi Voon
The aim of this paper is to investigate the effect of music stimuli on human brain using electroencephalogram (EEG). The study comprises of two experiments, a short term and a long term experiment referred to as experiment 1 and experiment 2, respectively. Two types of music stimuli; favorite music (preferred music of the subjects) and relaxing music (composed of alpha binaural beats) are used in experiment 1. Experiment 2 is conducted using relaxing music. Assessment of soothing effects of the music on human brain is done by analyzing different features; absolute power in alpha band, approximate entropy, sample entropy, and frontal asymmetry using EEG recordings. The ANOVA measures for the extracted features indicated no significant change in experiment 1. In experiment 2, the features are evaluated for the music listening group and control group separately. From ANOVA results, no significant change is observed in the control group after both conditions (1 st week and 2 nd week) with respect to the baseline. On the other hand, significant change was observed in the music listening group, for all features investigated; (a) absolute alpha power: condition (baseline and 1 st week) F = 4.59, P <; 0.05, condition (baseline and 2 nd week) F = 18.87, P <; 0.05 (b) approximate entropy: condition (baseline and 2 nd week) F = 30.62, P <; 0.05 (c) sample entropy: condition (baseline and 1 st week) F = 4.75, P <; 0.05, condition (baseline and 2 nd week) F = 38.37, P <; 0.05. For inter-hemispheric alpha asymmetry index measured from the frontal region of the brain; no significant change is observed in both experiments. Hence, the main contribution of this study is to investigate the EEG dynamics under different music stimuli. The results indicate that relaxing music has better soothing effects as compared to the favorite music. It is also observed that the effect of relaxation is significant when the relaxing music is listened for a longer period of time (2 weeks).

1 June 2013 in Bioresource Technology
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Choon Aun NgChoon Aun Ng
Choon Aun Ng
DSDarren Sun
Darren Sun
Mohammed J.K BashirMohammed J.K Bashir
Mohammed J.K Bashir
SWSoon Han Wai
Soon Han Wai
LWLing Yong Wong
Ling Yong Wong
AFAnthony G. Fane
Anthony G. Fane

10 January 2023 in Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence
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Chi-Yi TsaiChi-Yi Tsai
Chi-Yi Tsai
GSGuan-Yu Shen
Guan-Yu Shen
Humaira NisarHumaira Nisar
Humaira Nisar

13 March 2017 in Australasian Physics & Engineering Sciences in Medicine
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SPSwee Wu Phneah
Swee Wu Phneah
Humaira NisarHumaira Nisar
Humaira Nisar