[9D] Design Evaluation, Kansei Engineering, Ergonomics

[9D-04] Effects of imaginative thinking activity on frontal cerebral blood flow

*Kohei Miyata¹, Shinichi Koyama², Yusuke Ashizawa³ (1. University of Tsukuba - Graduate School , 2. University of Tsukuba, 3. Shibaura Institute of Technology)

Keywords:Brain Activity, Imagination, Perceptual Sensitivity

Recently, to explore the characteristics of brain activity during creative activities, research mainly using NIRS brain measuring devices is being actively conducted. In this study, we focused on the tendency that the frontal lobe of the highly perceptually sensitive group was difficult to activate, and conducted an experiment after setting an imaginative thinking task. The results showed that the activation status tended to continue after the thinking activity, and this tendency was more seen in the group with high sensory sensitivity.