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Methodology

Research Objectives

Yasin

Arabic & Non-Arabic groups

Al-Inshirah

Emotions

Taha

1. To find out the emotional effects of Arabic group and non-Arabic group on the brain while listening to Quran.

2. To find out the emotional effects of Arabic group and non-Arabic on the heart while listening to Quran.

3. To identify the factors that does affect the listener.

Al-Hashr

Experiment Environment: Pervasive Computing for Brain Development Lab

Problem Statement

Research Questions

• Despite the amount of studies on the relationship between religious attitudes and psychological variables, little scientific research is available about the psychological effects of Quran. (Mottaghi et al., 2011)

ECG Data Analysis Method

EEG Data Analysis Method

Signal Acquisition

• A number of researches have been conducted on the effect of Quran on individuals' mental health. Nevertheless, investigations of conducted studies and sources show that very little scientific research is available about the effect of Quran on the heart.

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1. What are the emotional effects on the brain while listening to Quran on the Arabic group and non-Arabic group?

2. What are the emotional effects on the heart while listening to Quran on the Arabic group and non-Arabic group?

3. What are the factors (tone or meaning) that does affect the listener?

Filter

• Arbitrary selection of Quran verses and reciter was adopted in these studies where the selection of the applied Quran verses were not taken into consideration (Abdullah & Omar, 2011; Zulkurnaini et al., 2012).

KDE

Estimation of Oscillatory Mode (EMD)

Feature Extraction HHT

• Language Consideration while listening to Quran. The effect of listening to Quran based on Content or Intonation.

MLP

Emotion Detections

References

Abdullah, A. A., & Omar, Z. (2011). The Effect of Temporal EEG Signals While Listening to Quran Recitation.

Atarodi, A. R., Mottaghi, M. R., & Atarodi, F. (2012). Comparative Study on The Effect of Prayer and Praise on Peace of Mind and Physical Health from Male and Female Students’ Points of View in Gonabad’s Guidance Schools in 1390. Islamic Lifestyle Centered on Health, 1(2), 28–33. doi:10.5812/ilch.8749

Ebrahimi, E. (2011). Spiritual Health and psychosis in the light of Quran, 13, 1–9.

Hamidi, F., Bagherzadeh, Z., & Gafarzadeh, S. (2010). The Role of Islamic Education in Mental Health. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 5, 1991–1996. doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.07.402

Khan, N., Ahmad, N. B., Beg, A. H., Fakheraldin, M. A. I., Alla, A. N. A., & Nubli, M. (2010). Mental and spiritual relaxation by recitation of the holy Quran. In 2nd International Conference on Computer Research and Development, ICCRD 2010 (pp. 863–867).

KIMIAEE, S. A., KHADEMIAN, H., & FARHADI, H. (2012). QURAN MEMORIZATION AND ITS EFFECT ON THE ELEMENTS OF MENTAL HEALTH. SOCIOLOGY OF WOMEN (JOURNAL OF WOMAN AND SOCIETY).

Mahjoob, M., Nejati, J., Hosseini, A., & Bakhshani, N. M. (2014). The Effect of Holy Quran Voice on Mental Health. Journal of Religion and Health, 1–5.

Mottaghi, M. E., Esmaili, R., & Rohani, Z. (2011). Effect of Quran recitation on the level of anxiety in athletics, 1(1).

Siahpoosh, M. B. (2012). Six Essential Principles of Iranian Traditional Medicine for Maintaining Health from the Quran’s Point Of View. Quran and Medicine, 1(4), 101–107. doi:10.5812/quranmed.8476

Zulkurnaini, N. A., Kadir, R. S. S. A., Murat, Z. H., & Isa, R. M. (2012). The Comparison between Listening to Al-Quran and Listening to Classical Music on the Brainwave Signal for the Alpha Band. 2012 Third International Conference on Intelligent Systems Modelling and Simulation, 181–186. doi:10.1109/ISMS.2012.60

International Conference on Computer Assisted Systems in Health Organized by UPM

Publications:

Stress Assessment while Listening to Quranic Recitation

Amjad M.R. Alzeer Alhouseini1, Imad Fakhri Al-Shaikhli1, Abdul Wahab bin Abdul Rahman1, Khamis Alarabi1, Mariam Adawiah Dzulkifli2

Awarded: Best Paper Award

Q & A

Previous Studies

Introduction

• Al-Quran words are believed by the Muslims to be the words of God which has distinctive characteristics and Qualities. (Khan et al., 2010; Siahpoosh, 2012)

• Nowadays, many people suffer from stress and anxiety. (Matud, 2004)

• Unfortunately very little scientific research is available about the psychological effects of Quran. (Mottaghi et al., 2011)

• EEG or Electroencephalogram is the electrical impulses from the nerves in the head. The EEG machine can be used to record electrical activities of the brain. (Klug D., 2012)

Cont...

An online distributed questionnaire was sent to the academic staffs of all the Islamic faculties in the Malaysian public universities. Two set of verses were identified: verses that induce positive emotions (happy, calm) which are Yasin and Al-Inshirah and verses that induce negative emotions (fear, sad) which are Taha and Al-Hashr. EEG and ECG data will be collected from 20 Muslim subjects, 10 of which are those who understand arabic language very well and the rest are those who do not understand arabic language. In the experiment, visual and auditory stimuli (Passive stressor) will be used to induce positive and negative emotions. The International Affective Picture System (IAPS) will be used in this experiment for emotion elicitation. The analysis of these data will be carried out afterwards to compare participants’ emotion.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Stress and anxiety are one of the most widespread problems presently; stress treatment has been featured in many researches. The purpose of this study is to examine the various aspects and perspectives of human emotions while listening to Quran Recitation. This work focus on understanding and analyzing brain and heart activities for two groups: those who understand arabic language and those who do not understand arabic language. Also, this study will attempt to identify whether the meaning of Quran or the intonation that does matter while listening to Quran Recitation. Therefore, quantitative study has been conducted to identify the specific set of verses and reciter that will be used in our experiment.

• ECG or Electrocardiography is the electrical impulses from the heart. The ECG machine can be used to record electrical activities of the heart.

Presenter

Outline

Amjad M.R. AlzeerAlhouseini

Master of Computer Science

amjadm2008@gmail.com

+60102182556

Supervisor

• Executive Summary
• Introduction
• Previous Studies
• Problem Statement
• Research Questions
• Research Objectives
• Methodology
• Conclusion
• References
• Publications
• Q & A

Professor Imad Fakhri Al-Shaikhli

Head of Research

imadf@iium.edu.my

+60166864672

Voice Recognition Model for distinguishing the types of Recitation of the Holy Quran