Labs in Kyushu University, Faculty of Design, Department of Human Life Design

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〈感性科学〉 (introduction coming soon)

Kansei science and physiological psychology

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〈人間工学〉 (introduction coming soon)

Ergonomics, environmental ergonomics, physiological anthropology, industrial engineering

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Research on applying structures that organisms build outside their bodies to the design and construction of architecture.

Prof. Kitajima, an Assistant Professor in the Division of Human Life Design at the Faculty of Design, specializes in architectural design and algorithmic design, and studies design and construction methods for architecture that apply the building principles of structures organisms make outside their bodies. Structures that organisms build autonomously outside their bodies highly integrate materials, structure, and responsiveness to the environment, achieving high functionality with limited resources. Focusing on termite fungus gardens and funnel-web spider webs, the lab observes, analyzes, and models these externally built structures, which are dynamically renewed in response to environmental change. The lab aims to clarify the relationship between form and function and to establish design and construction methods for environmentally adaptive architecture with passive environmental control.

#Architectural design #Extracorporeal structures #Environmentally adaptive architecture

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A lab that uses EEG to explore how the brain distinguishes self from others.

Under Assistant Professor SHIN Nakyeong of the Division of Human Life Design at the Faculty of Design, the lab specializes in Kansei science and physiological psychology. Using EEG, the lab investigates how the ability to distinguish self from others appears in brain activity. The key clue is the mirror system, which is active both when performing an action and when watching one. Recently, the lab has presented findings on how brain activity during self–other discrimination differs between adults and children.

#Kansei science #Physiological psychology #Mirror systems

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人間工学（SEDILLA Keneth Bautista） (introduction coming soon)

Ergonomics, environmental ergonomics, physiological anthropology, industrial engineering

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生理人類学（本井 碧） (introduction coming soon)

Physiological anthropology, Kansei science, and applied psychology