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 -

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.