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Consideration for Evaluation Method of Human Behavior Based on Brain Activity

Authors:
Hiroaki Inoue
Shunji Shimizu
Hiroyuki Nara
Fumikazu Miwakeichi
Takeshi Tsuruga
Nobuhide Hirai
Senichiro Kikuchi
Satoshi Kato
Eiju Watanabe

Keywords: Evaluation; Movement; Exercise; 3D Motion Capture; NIRS; EMG; Care; Welfare Technology; Usefulwelfare device evaluation; Evaluation method.

Abstract:
Recently, Japan (also world-wide countries) has become aged society, and a wide variety welfare device and system have been developed. But evaluation of welfare system and device are limited only stability, intensity and partial operability. So, evaluation of usefulness is insufficient. Therefore, we will attempt to establish the standard to evaluate usefulness for objectively and quantitatively on the basis of including non-verbal cognition. In this paper, we measure load of sitting and standing movement to use Electoromyogram (EMG) and 3D Motion Capture and set a goal to establish objective evaluation method. We think that establishing objective evaluation method is necessity to develop useful welfare device. We examined possibility of assessing load and fatigue from measuring brain activity to use Near Infra-Red Spectroscopy　(NIRS). The idea of universal design is widespread in welfare device and system. Measuring requires verification of all generations. But, we performed to measure younger subjects as a first step. We think that younger subjects were observed the significant difference, because they had enough physical function. Considering younger subjects as a benchmark is appropriate for creating evaluation method.

Pages: 65 to 70

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2013

Publication date: May 27, 2013

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4197

ISBN: 978-1-61208-273-8

Location: Valencia, Spain

Dates: from May 27, 2013 to June 1, 2013