scholarly journals Influence of Haptic Sensory Input through Different Kinds of Clothing on Gait Performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (21) ◽  
pp. 7590
Author(s):  
Kazushige Oshita ◽  
Sumio Yano
Keyword(s):  
Sensory Input ◽  
Lower Leg ◽  
Cotton Cloth ◽  
Sensory Cues ◽  
Gait Performance ◽  
Healthy Men ◽  
Continuous Contact ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Different Types Of Clothing ◽  
Tandem Gait

This study investigated the effects of haptic sensory input by different types of clothing worn on gait performance. Twelve healthy men performed normal and tandem gait tests with blindfolds under three different clothing conditions: (1) wearing only half tights (HT); (2) wearing a skirt-like draped outfit such as a cotton cloth wrapped around the waist and extended to the lower leg (DC); and (3) wearing a trouser-like outfit such as tracksuit bottoms (TS). Although gait speed was significantly increased in DC as compared with HT, this was not observed in TS. Missteps during tandem gait were significantly reduced with DC. In addition, DC made walking easier for individuals as compared with TS. These findings suggest that wearing a skirt-like outfit such as kilts in Scotland or the hakama in Japan may provide haptic sensory cues to enhance individuals’ perceptions of their body orientation as compared with trouser-like clothing that is in continuous contact with the legs.

Single-Task and Dual-Task Tandem Gait Performance Across Clinical Concussion Milestones in Collegiate Student-Athletes

2020 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessie R. Oldham ◽  
David R. Howell ◽  
Christopher A. Knight ◽  
Jeremy R. Crenshaw ◽  
Thomas A. Buckley
Keyword(s):  
Dual Task ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
Single Task ◽  
Gait Performance ◽  
Tandem Gait

scholarly journals Single and Dual-Task Tandem Gait Performance Throughout Concussion Recovery

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (5S) ◽  
pp. 478
Author(s):  
Jessie R. Oldham ◽  
Melissa S. DiFabio ◽  
Kelsey Bryk ◽  
Ryan M. DeWolf ◽  
Thomas W. Kaminski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dual Task ◽  
Gait Performance ◽  
Concussion Recovery ◽  
Tandem Gait

Face Pareidolia Recruits Mechanisms for Detecting Human Social Attention

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (8) ◽  
pp. 1001-1012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin J. Palmer ◽  
Colin W. G. Clifford
Keyword(s):  
Sensory Input ◽  
Temporal Cortex ◽  
Social Attention ◽  
Systematic Bias ◽  
Sensory Cues ◽  
Everyday Objects ◽  
Specific Direction ◽  
Cross Adaptation ◽  
Human Faces ◽  
Perceptual Phenomenon

Face pareidolia is the phenomenon of seeing facelike structures in everyday objects. Here, we tested the hypothesis that face pareidolia, rather than being limited to a cognitive or mnemonic association, reflects the activation of visual mechanisms that typically process human faces. We focused on sensory cues to social attention, which engage cell populations in temporal cortex that are susceptible to habituation effects. Repeated exposure to “pareidolia faces” that appear to have a specific direction of attention causes a systematic bias in the perception of where human faces are looking, indicating that overlapping sensory mechanisms are recruited when we view human faces and when we experience face pareidolia. These cross-adaptation effects are significantly reduced when pareidolia is abolished by removing facelike features from the objects. These results indicate that face pareidolia is essentially a perceptual phenomenon, occurring when sensory input is processed by visual mechanisms that have evolved to extract specific social content from human faces.

scholarly journals Performance of a Single Layer of Clothing or Gloves to Prevent Dermal Exposure to Pesticides

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne Spaan ◽  
Richard Glass ◽  
Henk Goede ◽  
Sander Ruiter ◽  
Rianda Gerritsen-Ebben
Keyword(s):  
Selection Criteria ◽  
Protective Clothing ◽  
Single Layer ◽  
Dermal Exposure ◽  
Critical Factors ◽  
Exposure Data ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Realistic Assessment ◽  
Different Types Of Clothing ◽  
Selection Of

Abstract The suitability, availability, and use of protective clothing are critical factors determining the actual dermal exposure (ADE) of operators and workers to pesticides. A realistic assessment of occupational exposure to pesticides requires information about the performance of protective clothing during everyday use. In this study, the performance of clothing or gloves has been investigated based on available dermal exposure data in order to provide recommendations for default protection factors that can be used in regulatory exposure assessments. Suitable dermal exposure data from available exposure databases were collated and analysed. The data that met the selection criteria for the analysis of the performance of protective clothing comprised studies in which protective clothing like cotton coveralls, cotton clothing, polyester–cotton coveralls, Sontara coveralls, Tyvek coveralls, butyl/neoprene gloves, latex/PE/vinyl/PVC gloves, or nitrile gloves were worn. Based on available potential and ADE levels, the migration of pesticides through this protective clothing was estimated. Evaluation of exposure data showed that on average only 2.3–2.6% of the pesticides present on the outside of the clothing or gloves migrated through the garments, although there was a large variation with migration up to 99%. Forearms, legs, and chest areas of the clothing tended to have the greatest migration of pesticides. Caution is needed in the selection of the appropriate protection offered protective clothing for specific situations. This study gives valuable information on the performance of protective clothing, for use in exposure assessment and for default setting in exposure modelling, taking into account the type of clothing or gloves worn. As new data become available, it may be possible to further refine the protection factors offered by different types of clothing or gloves, particularly where a common protocol has been used.

scholarly journals Thermophysiological Effects of Two Different types of Clothing under Warm Temperatures.

1995 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 119-124
Author(s):  
Masako Kato ◽  
Tamae Ando ◽  
Yuka Yamashita ◽  
Hiromi Tokura
Keyword(s):  
Different Types ◽  
Different Types Of Clothing
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