TY - JOUR
T1 - A new system for the analysis of thermal judgments
T2 - Multipoint measurements of skin temperatures and temperature-related sensations and their joint visualization
AU - Nakamura, Mayumi
AU - Esaki, Hidenori
AU - Yoda, Tamae
AU - Yasuhara, Saki
AU - Kobayashi, Akiko
AU - Konishi, Aki
AU - Osawa, Naoki
AU - Nagashima, Kei
AU - Crawshaw, Larry I.
AU - Kanosue, Kazuyuki
PY - 2006/12
Y1 - 2006/12
N2 - We report a new system for monitoring sensations of many body parts as well as comprehensively showing the distribution of overall skin temperature (T sk) and temperature-related sensations. The system consists of a console with 52 levers to report temperature-related sensations and software that facilitates the visualization of the distribution of Tsk and temperature-related sensations by displaying them on a model of the human body. The system's utility was demonstrated with a physiological experiment involving three males and three females. They were exposed to step changes of ambient temperature from 23° C to 33° C. We measured Tsk at 50 points, and the subjects concurrently provided estimates of local temperature sensation and thermal comfort/discomfort at 25 loci. This system greatly facilitates the perception and analysis of spatial relationships and differences in temperature and sensation in various areas of the body.
AB - We report a new system for monitoring sensations of many body parts as well as comprehensively showing the distribution of overall skin temperature (T sk) and temperature-related sensations. The system consists of a console with 52 levers to report temperature-related sensations and software that facilitates the visualization of the distribution of Tsk and temperature-related sensations by displaying them on a model of the human body. The system's utility was demonstrated with a physiological experiment involving three males and three females. They were exposed to step changes of ambient temperature from 23° C to 33° C. We measured Tsk at 50 points, and the subjects concurrently provided estimates of local temperature sensation and thermal comfort/discomfort at 25 loci. This system greatly facilitates the perception and analysis of spatial relationships and differences in temperature and sensation in various areas of the body.
KW - Regional thermal sensitivity
KW - Temperature sensation
KW - Thermal comfort/discomfort
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U2 - 10.2170/physiolsci.TN009306
DO - 10.2170/physiolsci.TN009306
M3 - Article
C2 - 17090339
AN - SCOPUS:34250859415
SN - 1880-6546
VL - 56
SP - 459
EP - 464
JO - Journal of Physiological Sciences
JF - Journal of Physiological Sciences
IS - 6
ER -