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Kansei and Behavior Science Lab
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This lab explores human characteristics through light and sleep, and through the brain and sensibility.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring human characteristics through light and sleep, the brain, and sensibility
Professor Shigekazu Higuchi's lab aims to understand the genetic and physiological characteristics that humans have as living organisms.
The lab is interested in how these characteristics are affected by differences in an individual's growth and living environment.
Its main research themes are “light, sleep, and biological rhythms” and “the brain and sensibility.”
The lab believes that the human characteristics revealed in this way will lead to proposals for suitable environments and lifestyles.
Key terms
- Circadian rhythm
- A physiological rhythm that the body clock keeps on a 24-hour cycle. It can be advanced or delayed by light and other factors.
- Melatonin
- A substance measured in saliva as an indicator of the phase of the circadian rhythm.
- Light sensitivity
- How sensitively the body responds to light. This lab studies individual and ethnic differences in it.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab seeks to understand the genetic and physiological characteristics that humans have as living organisms, and investigates how they change depending on an individual's growth and differences in living environment. Its main themes are “light, sleep, and biological rhythms” and “the brain and sensibility.”
*Illustrative imageIndividual and Ethnic Differences in Light Sensitivity
The lab investigates how the sensitivity of the circadian rhythm to light (light sensitivity) differs between individuals and between ethnic groups.
*Illustrative imageChildren's Nighttime Light Environment and Circadian Rhythms
The lab investigates how the light environment children are in at night relates to their circadian rhythms and melatonin. It also examines the relationship with sleep.
*Illustrative imageLight Environment During Night Shifts and the Body's Rhythms
The lab investigates the effects of the light environment during night shifts on circadian rhythms and melatonin. It also looks at the relationship with performance and sleepiness.
*Illustrative imageThe Human Mirror Neuron System
The lab studies the human mirror neuron system from a neuroscience perspective.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorShigekazu Higuchi
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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: “Effet de la pollution lumineuse sur l'arbre urbain Effect of light pollution on urban trees and dead leaves 04” Lamiot / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Individual and Ethnic Differences in Light Sensitivity: “Various lighting spectrums - Flurescent incandescent diode and candle” Zaereth / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Children's Nighttime Light Environment and Circadian Rhythms: “Seix - Auberge des Deux Rivières - )” Olybrius / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Light Environment During Night Shifts and the Body's Rhythms: “Dallas at Night from Baylor” Mikehospitalchaplain / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- The Human Mirror Neuron System: “FMRI-scan sectie 85” Erik1980 at Dutch Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Kansei and Behavioral Science Lab): “Sunrise at Bodie Island Light Station” CapeHatterasNPS / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Physiological Anthropology Lab): “Emotion face symbol blocks on blue background ( )” Jernej Furman from Slovenia / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Physiological Anthropology Lab): “Sleeping cat on her back” Umberto Salvagnin / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Action and Behavior Analysis Lab): “Estudio de Motion Capture en Funcom” Jesusbella / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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