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Biomechanics of cooking

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K12363
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Eating habits
Research InstitutionShowa Women's University

Principal Investigator

Yamanaka Kentaro  昭和女子大学, 生活機構研究科, 教授 (90359662)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 秋山 久美子  昭和女子大学, 生活機構研究科, 教授 (80155291)
Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
Keywords運動スキル / コーディネーション / 運動学習
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this study is to investigate biomechanical features of coordinated bimanual movement in cooking. In this study, we targeted the movement of “peeling a whole apple by a knife”. As a preliminary study, we assessed the movement of peeling a whole apple by a knife in 148 female university students and selected 10 skilled- and 10 unskilled-participants for main experiment. In the main experiment, we recorded kinematic data by 3D motion capture (VICON) and EMG data in bilateral forearm and hand muscles while participant peeled a whole apple by a knife. As a result, we demonstrated that skilled participants fixed their right-hand with a knife and their right-hand muscles reveals 3-4 rhythmical bursts while they rotated an apple by their left-hand slowly, and then they shift an apple in their left hand periodically. On the other hand, unskilled participants did not revealed such bimanual coordinated pattern and periodic bursts of muscle activation.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2017 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (4 results)

All 2017 2016 2015

All Presentation (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results)

  • [Presentation] リンゴの丸むき操作における巧拙と包丁操作の関係(2)2017

    • Author(s)
      秋山久美子 山中健太郎
    • Organizer
      日本調理科学会平成29年度大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] リンゴ丸剥き操作における巧拙と包丁操作の関係2016

    • Author(s)
      秋山久美子 山中健太郎
    • Organizer
      日本調理科学会平成28年度大会
    • Place of Presentation
      名古屋学芸大学(愛知県)
    • Year and Date
      2016-08-29
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Performance and ERP in the Iowa Gambling task is related to body weight and daily eating behavior in Japanese healthy young females.2015

    • Author(s)
      Ishikawa F. Yamanaka K.
    • Organizer
      Society for Neuroscience 45th Annual Meeting
    • Place of Presentation
      Chicago(USA)
    • Year and Date
      2015-10-21
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Cortical responses and autonomic balance related to risky decision-making in the Iowa Gambling task.2015

    • Author(s)
      Yamanaka K. Ishikawa F.
    • Organizer
      第38回 日本神経科学大会
    • Place of Presentation
      神戸国際会議場(兵庫県・神戸市)
    • Year and Date
      2015-07-30
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2015-04-16   Modified: 2019-03-29  

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