Human adaptability to mental stresses from a view point of whole body coordination of cardiovascular and central nervous systems

2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20370097
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Applied anthropology
• Research Institution: Chiba University
• Principal Investigator: IWANAGA Koichi Chiba University, 大学院・工学研究科, 教授 (70160124)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): NAKANISHI Miwa 慶應義塾大学, 理工学部, 講師 (70408722)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): ISHIBASHI Keita 国立大学法人千葉大学, 大学院・工学研究科, 准教授 (40325569) ; LIU Xinxin 労働安全衛生総合研究所, 研究員 (10582570) ; LEE Huaja 国立大学法人千葉大学, 大学院・工学研究科, 特任研究員
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2010
• Keywords: テクノアダプタビリティー / 全身的協関 / 心血管系反応 / 中枢神経系反応

Research Abstract

We examined cardiovascular and central nervous responses during mental tasks to explore the human adaptability to mental stresses. It was shown that blood pressure rise during mental task contributed to brain blood supply to perform a mental activity. We proposed a hypothesis that whole-body coordination of blood circulation during mental activity had contributed to development of human intellectual activity.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Physiological Responses to Different Types of Mental stresses. (2011)
  • Author(s): Liu X., Iwanaga K., Koda S.
  • Journal Title: Industrial Health Vol.49(in press)
• [Journal Article] The reproducibility of cardiovascular response to a mental task. (2010)
  • Author(s): Liu X., Iwanaga K., Shimomura Y. Katsuura T.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Physiological Anthropology. Vol.29. Pages: 35-41
• [Presentation] Physiological Responses to Different Mental Stresses. (2010)
  • Author(s): Liu X., Iwanaga K., Koda S.
  • Organizer: 国際作業安全衛生シンポジウム(ISISH2010)
  • Place of Presentation: 東京
  • Year and Date: 2010-10-05
• [Presentation] Changes and whole-body coordination in circulatory system during mental work. (2010)
  • Author(s): Lee HJ., Sennda A., Liu X., Tsunetsugu Y., Nakanishi M., Iwanaga K.
  • Organizer: 10^<th> International Congress of Physiological Anthropology (ICPA2010)
  • Place of Presentation: Fremantle, Western Australia
  • Year and Date: 2010-09-11
• [Presentation] Central Nervous System Response to Different Types of Mental Stress. (2010)
  • Author(s): Liu X., Iwanaga K.
  • Organizer: 10^<th. International Congress of Physiological Anthropology (ICPA2010)
  • Place of Presentation: Fremantle, Western Australia
  • Year and Date: 2010-09-11
• [Presentation] Comparison of physiological responses to different types of mental stress. (2009)
  • Author(s): Liu X., Nakanishi M., Iwanaga K.
  • Organizer: The 17^<th> Congress of the International Ergonomics Association.
  • Place of Presentation: 北京
  • Year and Date: 2009-08-12
• [Presentation] Techno-adaptability. (2008)
  • Author(s): 岩永光一
  • Organizer: The 9^<th> International Congress of Physiological Anthrop-ology.
  • Place of Presentation: Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
  • Year and Date: 2008-08-25
• [Presentation] 科学技術文明下の人間の適応能-精神的ストレスに対する適応- (2008)
  • Author(s): 岩永光一
  • Organizer: 日本生理人類学会第58回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 大阪市立大学
  • Year and Date: 2008-06-07
• [Book] Human Variation : From the Laboratory to the Field(Human Adaptability to Emotional and Intellectual Mental Stresses)(Boca Raton, FL) (2010)
  • Author(s): Iwanaga K
  • Publisher: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group