A Five-year Study on the Relationships between Alpha-Waves and Business Performance for a Japanese Businessman

Author: Oshima A
Affiliation: WORD Laboratories Inc. (Urayasu, Japan)
Conference/Journal: J Intl Soc Life Info Science
Date published: 2000
Other: Volume ID: 18 , Issue ID: 1 , Pages: 232-237 , Word Count: 129


It is qualitatively known that alpha-waves enhance business performance. This study aimed at substantiating this fact quantitatively by measuring alpha-waves every morning and evening for seven months, in order to determine (1) if the appearance of alpha-waves in the morning would enhance business performance of that day, or (2) if good business performance would increase alpha-waves in the evening. As a result, constant tendencies of (2) were observed. Then yearly, monthly and weekly differences in the appearance of alpha-waves and business performance were analyzed for a five-year period. In addition, changes in the appearance of alpha-waves due to weather, temperature and humidity were examined. It was found that the appearance of alpha-waves did not vary greatly with weather, temperature and humidity, while business performance changed significantly with the year, temperature and humidity.