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Mito Lab
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A lab that studies the characteristics of human sensation and cognition and applies them to welfare and medicine.
AboutAbout the lab
Enriching people's lives through Human Informatics
Mito Lab studies the characteristics of human sensation, cognition, and behavior, and researches their application to medicine, welfare, daily life, and production.
The foundation of its research is Human Informatics.
From a human-centered perspective, the lab considers devices and systems that take the burden on people into account, such as environments friendly to older adults and people with disabilities, and easy-to-use information devices.
Its themes include measuring muscle function, conveying information to people with visual impairments, and supporting learning for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.
Key terms
- Human Informatics
- The foundation of research that scientifically clarifies the psychological and physiological characteristics of human sensation, cognition, and behavior
- Muscle function
- Information about how muscles work. It is one type of information that represents motor function
- ICT
- Information and communication technology. A general term for technologies that handle information and communications
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to scientifically clarify the psychological and physiological characteristics of human sensation, cognition, and behavior, and to apply them to medicine, welfare, daily life, and production. Based on the idea that life, production, and social systems that are "friendly" and "comfortable" for people require consideration of human characteristics, the lab conducts its research from a human-centered perspective.
*Illustrative imageMeasurement and Evaluation of Muscle Function
The lab aims to develop systems that evaluate motor function by measuring and analyzing muscle function information, one type of motor function information, and by examining muscle activity under different training methods. It also covers muscle function evaluation in older adults.
*Illustrative imageConveying Information to People with Visual Impairments
The lab aims to establish methods for conveying to people with visual impairments both linguistic information, such as braille and raised characters, and non-linguistic information, such as figures and symbols. It studies the presentation of katakana on tactile displays and the tactile perception characteristics of raised pictograms.
*Illustrative imageLearning Support for People with Intellectual Disabilities Using ICT
This research uses ICT (information and communication technology) to promote the daily life and social independence of children and adults with intellectual disabilities. The lab develops an app that supports learning about time, a learning support app for Figurenotes, and a system that teaches exercise methods.
*Illustrative imageBasic Characteristics of Sensation, Cognition, and Behavior
The lab investigates the commonalities and specificities in information processing across the five senses (vision, hearing, taste, smell, and touch), aiming to clarify the mechanism of each. It deals with visual information and taste judgment, and with the cognitive characteristics of tactile stimuli.
MembersFaculty
The members of Mito Lab consist of faculty members and students in the doctoral program, the master's program, and the undergraduate school.As of 2026
- Kazuyuki Mito
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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: “Muscle Whistler with EMG surface electrodes (1971)” Cromemco / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Measurement and Evaluation of Muscle Function: “National Sports Training Center” Liu Shu fu / Office of the President (中華民國總統府) / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Conveying Information to People with Visual Impairments: “Reading Braille” Stefan Malmesjö / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Learning Support for People with Intellectual Disabilities Using ICT: “Blended Learning in a Workforce Environment (Master-O App by InspireOne)” Bludsick / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Basic Characteristics of Sensation, Cognition, and Behavior: “The Five Senses - Jacques Linard” GoldenArtists / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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