Sustaining biological welfare for our future through consistent science
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Physiological anthropology presently covers a very broad range of human knowledge and engineering technologies. This study reviews scientific inconsistencies within a variety of areas: sitting posture; negative air ions; oxygen inhalation; alpha brain waves induc...
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Physiological anthropology presently covers a very broad range of human knowledge and engineering technologies. This study reviews scientific inconsistencies within a variety of areas: sitting posture; negative air ions; oxygen inhalation; alpha brain waves induced by music and ultrasound; 1/<it>f</it> fluctuations; the evaluation of feelings using surface electroencephalography; Kansei; universal design; and anti-stress issues. We found that the inconsistencies within these areas indicate the importance of integrative thinking and the need to maintain the perspective on the biological benefit to humanity. Analytical science divides human physiological functions into discrete details, although individuals comprise a unified collection of whole-body functions. Such disparate considerations contribute to the misunderstanding of physiological functions and the misevaluation of positive and negative values for humankind. Research related to human health will, in future, depend on the concept of maintaining physiological functions based on consistent science and on sustaining human health to maintain biological welfare in future generations.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1739e02d09574ff2a7a0790c6ad050512022-12-22T03:27:46ZengBMCJournal of Physiological Anthropology1880-67911880-68052013-01-01321110.1186/1880-6805-32-1Sustaining biological welfare for our future through consistent scienceShimomura YoshihiroKatsuura Tetsuo<p>Abstract</p> <p>Physiological anthropology presently covers a very broad range of human knowledge and engineering technologies. This study reviews scientific inconsistencies within a variety of areas: sitting posture; negative air ions; oxygen inhalation; alpha brain waves induced by music and ultrasound; 1/<it>f</it> fluctuations; the evaluation of feelings using surface electroencephalography; Kansei; universal design; and anti-stress issues. We found that the inconsistencies within these areas indicate the importance of integrative thinking and the need to maintain the perspective on the biological benefit to humanity. Analytical science divides human physiological functions into discrete details, although individuals comprise a unified collection of whole-body functions. Such disparate considerations contribute to the misunderstanding of physiological functions and the misevaluation of positive and negative values for humankind. Research related to human health will, in future, depend on the concept of maintaining physiological functions based on consistent science and on sustaining human health to maintain biological welfare in future generations.</p>http://www.jphysiolanthropol.com/content/32/1/1Biological benefitErgonomicsInconsistencyIntegrative thinkingPhysiological functionUniversal design |
| spellingShingle | Shimomura Yoshihiro Katsuura Tetsuo Sustaining biological welfare for our future through consistent science Journal of Physiological Anthropology Biological benefit Ergonomics Inconsistency Integrative thinking Physiological function Universal design |
| title | Sustaining biological welfare for our future through consistent science |
| title_full | Sustaining biological welfare for our future through consistent science |
| title_fullStr | Sustaining biological welfare for our future through consistent science |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sustaining biological welfare for our future through consistent science |
| title_short | Sustaining biological welfare for our future through consistent science |
| title_sort | sustaining biological welfare for our future through consistent science |
| topic | Biological benefit Ergonomics Inconsistency Integrative thinking Physiological function Universal design |
| url | http://www.jphysiolanthropol.com/content/32/1/1 |
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