Physiological Anthropology in postures/bahaviors appropreate for tactile information retrieval

2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24657182
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Applied anthropology
• Research Institution: Kansai University
• Principal Investigator: KOTANI Kentaro 関西大学, システム理工学部, 教授 (80288795)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): ASAO Takafumi 関西大学, システム理工学部, 助教 (10454597) ; SUZUKI Satoshi 関西大学, システム理工学部, 准教授 (50306502)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
• Keywords: 触覚 / 機械受容器 / 生体反応

Research Abstract

This study focused on thecharacteristics of human posture and behavior for receiving tactile information. Our major goal was to clarify whether or not the posture and behavior for receiving tactile information depends on the modality of a specific type of information. We conducted a series of experiment where evoked magnetoencephalography during receiving tactile information was obtained. The evoked activity found at the SI area was not depending upon the density in mechanoreceptors in the palm or innervation zones for transmitting tactile information to the brain. The results implied that the MEG responses were rather associated with physical quantity of the tactile stimuli.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] タブレット端末使用時の端末サイズと文字サイズの変化が上肢姿勢へ与える影響 (2013)
  • Author(s): 馬庭大樹、小谷賢太郎、鈴木哲、朝尾隆文
  • Journal Title: モバイル学会誌 Volume: 3巻1号 Pages: 33-38
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 携帯端末操作時の筋電図を用いた姿勢負担評価-端末サイズと表示文字サイズの影響 (2014)
  • Author(s): 小谷賢太郎,馬庭大樹,水田晃一郎,朝尾隆文,鈴木哲
  • Organizer: シンポジウム「モバイル'14」
  • Place of Presentation: 立命館大学
  • Year and Date: 2014-03-13
• [Presentation] Analysis of spatio-temporal memory on tactile stimuli by using air-jet for development of noncontact tactile display (2013)
  • Author(s): Kotani, K., Kido, N., Suzuki, S., Asao, T.
  • Organizer: HCI International 2013
  • Place of Presentation: Las Vegas, USA(CD-ROM)
  • Year and Date: 2013-07-25
• [Presentation] Changes in posture of the upper extremity through the use of various sizes of tablets and characters (2013)
  • Author(s): Maniwa, H., Kotani, K., Suzuki, S., Asao, T.
  • Organizer: HCI International 2013
  • Place of Presentation: Las Vegas, USA(CD-ROM)
  • Year and Date: 2013-07-25
• [Presentation] Evaluation of somatosensory evoked responses when multiple tactile information was given to the palm (2013)
  • Author(s): Jinnai, A., Otsuka, A., Nakagawa, S., Kotani, K., Asao, T., Suzuki, S.
  • Organizer: HCI International 2013
  • Place of Presentation: Las Vegas, USA(CD-ROM)
  • Year and Date: 2013-07-25
• [Presentation] Development of screening visual field test application that use eye movement (2013)
  • Author(s): Mizutani, M., Kotani, K., Suzuki, S., Asao, T., Sugiyama, T., Ueki, M., Kojima, S., Shibata, M., Ikeda, T.
  • Organizer: HCI International 2013
  • Place of Presentation: Las Vegas, USA(CD-ROM)
  • Year and Date: 2013-07-25
• [Presentation] さまざまな大きさのタブレット端末と文字の大きさの使用による上肢の姿勢の変化 (2013)
  • Author(s): 馬庭大樹,小谷賢太郎,鈴木哲,朝尾隆文
  • Organizer: シンポジウム「モバイル'13」
  • Place of Presentation: 青山学院大学
  • Year and Date: 2013-03-07
• [Presentation] 空気噴流刺激を用いた触覚ディスプレイの弁別閾の時空間特性 (2012)
  • Author(s): 木戸順規,小谷賢太郎,鈴木哲,朝尾隆文
  • Organizer: 平成24年度日本人間工学会関西支部大会
  • Place of Presentation: 関西大学
  • Year and Date: 2012-12-08
• [Presentation] 触覚による情報獲得時の受容姿勢の影響-付加荷重変化による触覚感度の変化- (2012)
  • Author(s): 前橋政樹,蔵野豪,小谷賢太郎,鈴木哲,朝尾隆文
  • Organizer: 人間工学第48巻特別号
  • Place of Presentation: 九州大学
  • Year and Date: 2012-06-09