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Physiological Anthropology Lab (Takafumi Maeda)
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A physiological anthropology lab that studies human thermoregulation and adaptation to the environment.
AboutAbout the lab
Aiming for healthy, comfortable environments and lifestyles.
The lab of Professor Takafumi Maeda studies how physiological characteristics, among those humans have as living organisms, are affected by lifestyle and living environment.
It is also interested in whether those effects can be regarded as adaptation to the environment, and it engages in both education and research.
The lab aims to create environments and lifestyles that are truly "healthy" and "comfortable" for people living today.
Key terms
- Thermoregulation
- The body's function of keeping its internal temperature within a certain range even in heat or cold.
- Environmental adaptability
- The body's ability to adjust to changes in the environment, such as heat and cold.
- Hypobaric hypoxic environment
- An environment with low atmospheric pressure and low oxygen.
ResearchResearch themes
From the perspective of physiological anthropology, the lab studies thermoregulatory and circulatory responses when people are exposed to environments such as cold, heat, low atmospheric pressure, and low oxygen. How lifestyle and living environment affect these bodily responses is also a research theme.
*Illustrative imageBathing, Bodily Changes, and Sleep
The lab investigates the bodily changes that accompany bathing and their effects on sleep. In a paper, bathing that raised sublingual temperature by 0.9°C shortened sleep onset time and improved sleep quality more than showering only or bathing that raised it by 0.3°C.
*Illustrative imageResponses to Hypobaric Hypoxia, Cold, and Heat
The lab examines human environmental adaptability through thermoregulatory and circulatory responses when people are exposed to hypobaric hypoxic environments and to hot or cold environments. It also investigates endocrine, inflammatory, and immune responses, and individual differences in them, in lowland residents exposed to hypobaric hypoxia.
*Illustrative imageIndoor Environment and Task Performance
The lab investigates how indoor environmental factors such as air temperature, air flow, humidity, and air quality, as well as stimuli that warm or cool part of the body, affect performance on mental tasks. Cold and hot conditions are also covered.
*Illustrative imageThermoregulatory Function in Modern People
This research evaluates the thermoregulatory function of modern people and identifies the factors that influence it. It focuses on the relationship with lifestyle and living environment and examines it in terms of environmental adaptability.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorTakafumi Maeda
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Thermal image of Bronze Spring (morning, 11 June 2016)” James St. John / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Bathing, Bodily Changes, and Sleep: “Private bathtub at Ryonggang Hot Spring Spa House ( )” Uri Tours / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Responses to Hypobaric Hypoxia, Cold, and Heat: “CFSSAT Hypobaric Chamber” Thedougthe / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Indoor Environment and Task Performance: “Classroom, 1980s ( )” University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability from Ann Arbor / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Thermoregulatory Function in Modern People: “Thermal imaging camera side” Jonathan Clemens (Jclemens (talk)) / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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