Psychological and physiological effect in humans of touching plant foliage - using the semantic differential method and cerebral activity as indicators

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Koga, Kazuko ^a   Iwasaki, Yutaka ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Complementary and alternative medicine; Nature; NIRS; Plant foliage; Pothos; Semantic differential method; Sense of touch; Tactile; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; EMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL METHOD; TOUCH;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PLANT LEAVES; SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL; TOUCH;

EID: 84877961909     PISSN: 18806791     EISSN: 18806805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1880-6805-32-7     Document Type: Article

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