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2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

A Research of pleasant sounds those bring human relaxation, based on the neural mechanism of instinct.

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 19700201
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Sensitivity informatics/Soft computing
Research InstitutionUniversity of Tsukuba

Principal Investigator

SHUTOH Fumihiro  University of Tsukuba, 大学院・人間総合科学研究科, 講師 (10326837)

Project Period (FY) 2007 – 2009
Keywords感性脳科学 / 感性官能評価 / 脳機能 / 聴覚 / 本能 / 情動 / 近赤外光
Research Abstract

I explored the attractive sounds for human, and physical effects of those attractive auditory stimulations were examined in both of the human and the mouse. Human examinees were exposed a sequence of auditory stimulation which are composed of several kinds of sound (ex. watch, wavelets, music) and white noise. Some of these sounds were judged as attractive by the examinees in an interview study. A near infrared spectroscopic study revealed that the activity of the frontal cortex were stable during the attractive sound stimulation. I kept mice in a box that controlled sound and light condition. The mice were exposed twelve hours (20:00-8:00) of the attractive sound stimulation for a week. After the sound exposing period, the mice were sacrificed and monoamine concentration in their brain was measured by high performance liquid chromatography. Concentration of serotonin in the frontal brain region of the sound exposed mice was higher than the mice kept in silent. These results suggest that serotonergic system can be involved in the attractive physical effects of sounds.

  • Research Products

    (5 results)

All 2009 2008

All Presentation (5 results)

  • [Presentation] 「本能」をベースに醸し出される感性の脳機能-被験者実験と動物実験の相関から見えてくるもの. (An inspection of Kansei, which is formed through the brain mechanism of "Instinct")2009

    • Author(s)
      首藤文洋
    • Organizer
      第11回日本感性工学会大会
    • Place of Presentation
      芝浦工業大学
    • Year and Date
      2009-09-10
  • [Presentation] Environmental Auditory Stimulation Affects Brain Activity in the Human Cerebral Cortex and the Mouse Brain.2009

    • Author(s)
      Shutoh Fumihiro, Okubo Marie, Mizutani Nanami, Nakamori Shiho, Ohshima Naoki, Uchiyama Toshiaki, Yamanaka Toshimasa, Hisano Setuji
    • Organizer
      The 36th International Congress of Physiological Sciences
    • Place of Presentation
      Kyoto, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2009-07-31
  • [Presentation] Brain function to measure Kansei.2008

    • Author(s)
      Fumihiro Shutoh
    • Organizer
      Kansei engineering and emotion research international seminar 2008 in NCKU
    • Place of Presentation
      National Chen-Kun University, Tainan, Republic of China
    • Year and Date
      2008-10-03
  • [Presentation] For designing, do you need the users' Kansei information based on brain science?2008

    • Author(s)
      Fumihiro Shutoh
    • Organizer
      Kansei engineering and emotion research international seminar 2008 in Taipei
    • Place of Presentation
      Taiwan Design Center, Taipei, Republic of China
    • Year and Date
      2008-10-02
  • [Presentation] 音刺激がヒトとマウスの脳活動に与える効果.2008

    • Author(s)
      首藤文洋, 水谷奈那美, 中森志穂, 大久保まり絵, 大島直樹, 内山俊朗, 山中敏正, 久野節二
    • Organizer
      第11回日本感性工学会大会
    • Place of Presentation
      大妻女子大学
    • Year and Date
      2008-09-08

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Published: 2011-06-18   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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