• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.143-150
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• 2010

This study examined the effect of cold water finger immersion at various water temperature on cold-induced vasodilation (CIVD) and its reproducibility to the cold stress. Ten healthy collegiate men ($21.4{\pm}2.5$ yrs, $175.8{\pm}4.1$ cm, $69.6{\pm}7.6$ kg, $11.2{\pm}3.7$ %fat) underwent two tests. At the first test (1ST), subjects immersed their middle fingers at $43^{\circ}C$ water for 5 min followed by a resting at an ambient air for 25 min. Then they immersed the finger at one of the five water temperatures (Tw: 5, 8, 11, 14, or $17^{\circ}C$) at random order for 20 min. Once a testing at one Tw was completed, they immediately repeated the testing procedure for another Tw. The second test(2ND) was performed within a week after 1ST with having an identical procedure of 1ST except the order of Tw. During the test, rectal temperature, finger temperature from middle finger nail bed, and heart rate were measured every six second. In conclusion, maximal finger temperature(Tfmax), and Tfmax minus Tw was highly reproducible in this experiment. Minimal finger temperature (Tfmin) and Tfmax were higher as Tw decreased. And Tfdiff was higher as the colds tress decreased. No differences were found in time variables of temperature responses.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• v.40 no.6
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• pp.683-693
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• 1993

Background: During movement the major inputs to nervous system come from firstly the muscle and joint to maintain posture and motion and secondly the chemoreceptors and baroreceptors to adjust the cardiovascular and respiratory function. Their complex relationships are generally studied for many years but the direct relation between the joint and respiratory system is not studied thoroughly until now. So this experiment was performed to determine whether the natural movement of knee joint can cause the enhancement of respiratory function by observation of the changes of respiratory rate, phrenic nerve activity and inspiratory neuron activity during the stimulation of knee joint in cat anesthetized with $\alpha$-chloralose. Method: Twenty six male adult cats were used and the extracelluar recording using bipolar platinum electrode and carbon filament electrode was done to record the changes in the activities of phrenic nerve and inspiratory neuron movement of knee joint, injection of chemicals into the joint cavity and electrical stimulation of articular nerve were done. Results: The 60 Hz. could not but 120 Hz. flexion-extension movement of knee joint increased respiratory rate(R.R.), tidal neural activity(TNA) and minute neural activity(MNA). Intra-articular injection of lactate could not increase R.R. but significantly increase TNA and MNA which represented the enhanced respiratory function. Injection of potassium chloride showed similar effects with the case of lactate but the duration of effect was shorter. The electrical stimulation of medial articular nerve with IV strength which could activate only group I and II afferents showed increased TNA and MNA during stimulation but 20 V stimulation which could activate all the afferents increased all the respiratory parameters. The changes of inspiratory neuron activity by knee joint stimulation was similar to that of phrenic nerve. Conclusion: The respiratory center could be directly stimulated by the activation of group I and II articular afferents and it seemed that the magnitude of the respiratory center enhancement is proportional to the amount of sensory information from the knee joint. These facts might suggest that the respiratory function could be enhanced even by the normal movement of knee joint.

• Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.15-21
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• 2012

This paper deals with an experimental study on the reaction of muscles by functional electrical stimulation(FES) with the design and fabrication of an ankle reaction apparatus. The ankle reaction apparatus consists of a circuit part and a kinematic part, and it monitors reaction time for a particular angle of joint rotation according to FES. The experimental results showed that the change of the ankle rotation angle was linearly proportional to the change of the magnitude of FES. It also showed that the muscle's reaction time was constant no matter how large the magnitude of the stimulus. The results of this paper can be applied to develop an active-type walking-assistance robot.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Emotion and Sensibility Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.149-153
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• 2001

본 연구는 색 조명 시각 자극이 정상인의 기억작용에 어떠한 영향을 미치는가를 평가해보고자 하였다. 피험자는 대학생 성인 남, 여 20대 (20-30세) 각각 10명을 대상으로 실시하였으며 자체 제작한 기억 테스트(Memory test)를 활용하였다. 색채 환경은 방음 암실에서 백색광원을 파장대별로 필터링한 색 조명을 사용하여 제시하였으며 실험 측정 파라미터로서는 정확도(accuracy), 반응시간(Response time) 그리고 학습시 주로 활성화 되는 뇌파인 알파와 세타파의 주파수 대역을 측정하여 기억기능을 수행하는 대뇌의 기억 활성화 상태를 색 조명에 따라 비교 분석 하였다. 측정결과 각각의 색조명에 대한 정확도는 파랑색에서 증가하고 반응시간을 노랑과 파랑에서 감소했다. 뇌파의 활성화에서도 흥분이나 긴장을 상징하는 빨강의 색보다는 파랑색과 보라색과 같은 단파장의 색이 알파파나 세타파를 활성화 시키는데 영향을 줌을 알 수 있었으며 이러한 연구가 감성적 색 조명 디자인의 응용이나 색 관련 제품 계발에 적극 활용될 수 있을 것이라 기대된다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2008.06a
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• pp.343-350
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• 2008

사람들은 다양한 매체를 통하여 음악을 청취하고 있으며, 느낌별, 장르별, 연령별, 날씨별, 시간별, 장소별, 상황별, 직업별, 악기별, 템포별 등으로 다양한 분류 방법으로 음악을 제공받고 있다. 이는 음악을 분류하는 방법들이 음악 자체에 대한 분석이나 음악을 듣는 환경에 대한 분류로만 제공되고 있기 때문이다. 같은 상황, 환경이라도 개인에 따라서 같은 음악을 듣더라도 다른 감정의 상태를 나타내기 때문에, 개인을 고려한 분류 방법이 요구된다. 본 논문에서는 인간의 성격을 통해 감정의 표현 방식에 차이가 있다는 면을 초점으로 접근하였다. 감정이 미치는 심전도에 미치는 영향과 음악이 신체와 감정에 미치는 영향들을 통해 심전도를 이용하여 개인의 성향에 따른 음원자극에 대한 반응 차이를 통해 개인의 성향이 반영된 분류 방법을 제시하고자 했다.

• Annual Conference of KIPS
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• 2012.11a
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• pp.1215-1217
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• 2012

기계가 인간의 감정을 인식하기 위해서는 인간의 감정을 정량적으로 측정할 수 있는 모델이 있어야 한다. 하지만, 인간의 감정은 그 사람이 살아온 환경과 그 사람의 기질에 따라서 같은 자극에 노출되어도 사람마다 느끼는 것이 다르다. 따라서 기계가 인간의 감정을 사람의 기질을 포함하는 개인성향 기반의 감정 모델이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 감정 모델링을 위해 BAS/BIS 가 제안한 개인 성향을 EEG 기반으로 측정 해보고 각 감정 유발 자극 별로 전두엽에서 발생하는 전위를 분석한 결과 각 성향 별로 대뇌 반응이 다르게 나왔다. 이는 인지적 감정이 전이될 때, 성향별로 대뇌에서 다르게 반응 한다는 것을 의미한다.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.21 no.7
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• pp.969-975
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• 2011

We focused on relationship between phytohormones and AtEXPA3 gene in gravitropic response of A. thaliana. RT-PCR analysis shows that AtEXPA3 was highly expressed in actively developing tissues such as leaf, rosette, root and flower tissues. AtEXPA3 gene expression was enhanced by gravistimulation, BR and IAA. Furthermore, decreased gravitropism was observed when treatment of AVG, an ethylene biosynthetic inhibitor, suggesting that ethylene has a gravistimulating effect itself as well as BRs and IAA. Inhibition of gravitropism in AtEXPA3 RNAi mutant suggests that BR, auxin and ethylene are playing roles as regulators of AtEXPA3. In addition, altered gravitropism in BRs signaling mutant (decreased in bri1-301, bak1, and increased BRI-GFP) indicated that BRs signaling mediated the gravitropism. In conclusion, gravitropic responses of Arabidopsis root resulting from root growth were mediated by increased expression of AtEXPA3 gene, which is stimulated by phytohormones.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.16 no.11
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• pp.8030-8036
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• 2015

This study is to explore the effect of figure and color informations on assessing expressed emotions in drawings. A pilot study was conducted to explore emotional responses to achromatic drawing stimuli. The main experiment explored emotional responses to chromatic drawing stimuli. Each experiment has a number of 50, 56 participants separately, and responses included joy, depression, and anger according to appraisal-potency-activity dimensions. As results, achromatic drawing stimuli with their texture and rhythm produced specific emotions in high rates. Moreover, response rates of specific emotions were lower when colors added, or emotional responses were changed with colors. The significance of this study can be found in the fact that it dealt with colors combined with shape, unlike the previous studies, and that the experiments were conducted under more controlled conditions in terms of stimulus presentation and response management.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.12 no.11
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• pp.1914-1922
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• 2008

In this paper, examined characteristics of EEG(electroencephalogram) variation when the stimulation was given to lung-wan(CV12), Shin-gwol(CV8) and Gwan-won(CV4) which were some of the acupuncture point, through indirect moxibustion and No stimulation. The EEG signals were measured before the stimulation, during the stimulation, and 1 hour after the stimulation. The measured time domain data were converted to the frequency domain data FFT(Fast Fourier Transform) and frequency power spectrum. Then the $\alpha,\beta,\delta$, and $\theta$ waves were analyzed for variation to the amplitude of vibration according to the stages of stimulation.

• Science of Emotion and Sensibility
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.63-78
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• 2020

It is crucial to process not only social cognitive information but also various emotional information for appropriate social interaction in everyday life. The processing of emotions embedded in social stimuli is affected by various context and external factors and the features of their own. Emotion discrimination tasks using point-light biological motion were conducted in this study to understand the factors influencing emotion processing and their effects. A target biological motion with angry or happy emotion was presented in the first task in red, green, white, or yellow color. A white angry, happy, or neutral "cue" biological motion was displayed simultaneously. Participants judged the emotion of the target relative to the cue stimulus by comparing the target with the cue. The second task used only emotionally neutral stimuli to find effect by the color itself. The results indicated an association between the specific color of the target and emotion. Red facilitated processing anger, whereas green appeared to facilitate happy emotion. The discrimination accuracy was high when the emotions of the cue and the target were identical in general, but the combination of red color and anger yielded different results compared with the rest of the conditions. Some illusory emotional responses associated with the target colors were observed in the second task. We could observe the effects of external factors in this study, affecting the emotional processing using biological motion rather than conventional face stimuli. Possible follow-up studies and clinical research were discussed.