TY - JOUR
T1 - The Japanese-Specific out-of-Place Feeling Due to Clothing: A Combined Objective and Subjective Assessment Approach
AU - Takada-Mitsuno , Tamaki
AU - Mochizuki , Nao
AU - Miyaji , Koichiro
JO - Journal of Fiber Bioengineering and Informatics
VL - 2
SP - 61
EP - 75
PY - 2024
DA - 2024/11
SN - 17
DO - http://doi.org/10.3993/jfbim02711
UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/jfbi/23522.html
KW - Out-of-place, Japanese Female, EEG, Heartbeat R-R Interval, Questionnaire.
AB - <p style="text-align: justify;">The feeling of being out-of-place from dressing differently from others is prevalent in Japanese individuals.
However, previous studies have not objectively assessed this out-of-place feeling using physiological
indices. Therefore, this study aimed to compare out-of-place feelings in Japanese individuals measured
using questionnaires as subjective assessments and electroencephalography, R-R interval of heartbeats,
and number of blinks as objective assessments. The results indicated that the participants felt out-of-place because of the differences in clothing and the recipient of the letter they wrote to as the task. The
out-of-place feeling had a significantly negative correlation with alpha waves and a significantly positive
correlation with beta waves. The more the participants felt out-of-place, the more uncomfortable they
were when the collaborator entered or left the room wearing different clothes. The more their beta waves
activated when they wrote a letter to their supervisor than when they wrote to children. The decrease in
middle-alpha waves suggested that the participants were uncomfortable when they were the only people
in a different outfit.</p>