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Relaxing and Communication-Promoting Effects of Wooden Tableware at Workplace Social Gathering

Kasarinlan: Philippine Journal of Third World Studies

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Title Relaxing and Communication-Promoting Effects of Wooden Tableware at Workplace Social Gathering
 
Creator Hayano, Junichiro
Yamamoto, Kento
Yoshida, Yutaka
Yuda, Emi
 
Description Human beings are thought to have evolved in close contact with wood and touching wood is known to have relaxing effects. In 10 health subjects participating workplace social gathering, the effects of the use of wooden tableware on autonomic functions and communication were examined in comparison to the use of porcelain-metal tableware with a crossover study design. Analysis of pulse rate variability revealed that, compared to porcelain-metal tableware, wooden tableware lowered the amplitude of low-frequency (LF, 0.04-0.15 Hz) component without affecting the amplitude of high-frequency (HF, 0.15-0.45 Hz) component, resulting lower LF-to-HF ratio. Communication measured by the total number of utterances did not differ with the type of tableware. Subjective evaluation by a post questionnaire also showed consistent results, indicating better impression, warmth, relaxation, remission, nostalgic feeling for wooden tableware than porcelain-metal tableware. The use of wooden tableware may reduce sympathetic tone at the workplace social gathering compared to porcelain-metal tableware.
 
Publisher SCHOLINK CO.,LTD
 
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Date 2018-06-15
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/wjssr/article/view/1457
10.22158/wjssr.v5n3p205
 
Source World Journal of Social Science Research; Vol 5, No 3 (2018); p205
2332-5534
2375-9747
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/wjssr/article/view/1457/1626
 
Rights Copyright (c) 2018 Junichiro Hayano, Kento Yamamoto, Yutaka Yoshida, Emi Yuda
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