Author: Martina Lorenzino1, Flavia D'Agostin2, Sara Rigutti3, Massimo Bovenzi4, Carlo Fantoni5, Luigi Bregant6
Affiliation: <sup>1</sup> Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste, Via Alfonso Valerio 6/1, 34127, Trieste, Italy. Electronic address: mlorenzino@units.it.
<sup>2</sup> Clinical Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, Clinical Unit of Occupational Medicine, Via della Pietà 2/2, 34129, Trieste, Italy. Electronic address: fladagostin@yahoo.it.
<sup>3</sup> Department of Life Science, Psychology Unit "Gaetano Kanizsa", University of Trieste, Via E. Weiss, 2, 34128, Trieste, Italy. Electronic address: srigutti@units.it.
<sup>4</sup> Clinical Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, Clinical Unit of Occupational Medicine, Via della Pietà 2/2, 34129, Trieste, Italy. Electronic address: bovenzi@units.it.
<sup>5</sup> Department of Life Science, Psychology Unit "Gaetano Kanizsa", University of Trieste, Via E. Weiss, 2, 34128, Trieste, Italy. Electronic address: cfantoni@units.it.
<sup>6</sup> Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste, Via Alfonso Valerio 6/1, 34127, Trieste, Italy. Electronic address: bregant@units.it.
Conference/Journal: Appl Ergon
Date published: 2022 Dec 26
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Volume ID: 108 , Pages: 103956 , Special Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.apergo.2022.103956. , Word Count: 138
In the present study we evaluated the relationship between human vibrational comfort and psychophysiological processes. We exposed twenty-one participants to three levels of whole-body vibration at low intensity inside a full-scale mock-up of a ship cabin. Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) activity, mood and well-being state during each level of vibration exposure were measured. We found that a positive affective state determined greater changes in ANS activity in response to vibration variations compared to a negative affective condition. Furthermore, we found that variations of the vibration intensity did not always determine variations of the comfort experience at physiological and psychological level. The relevance of our findings is a challenge for comfort design research showing a gap between guidelines for comfort design and evidence based on psychophysiological responses to environmental stimulation.
Keywords: Comfort; Psychophysiology; Whole-body vibration.
PMID: 36577272 DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2022.103956