LOCALISED TEMPERATURE PERCEPTION IN HEALTHY ADULTS

Jérôme Foussier, Jennifer Caffarel, Jürgen Te Vrugt, Steffen Leonhardt

2011

Abstract

This paper presents a testing procedure for local temperature perception with a following evaluation of the acquired information. Relative temperature changes had to be noticed by the subjects. To apply a temperature effect a peltier element arrangement, permitting to cool down and heat up with one element, has been utilized. First results show good correlation with a warmth sensation scale, although highly subjective parameters have been interpreted. The error rate in detecting small temperature changes is higher than for larger changes, except for very high changes, which caused temperature misperceptions.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Foussier J., Caffarel J., Te Vrugt J. and Leonhardt S. (2011). LOCALISED TEMPERATURE PERCEPTION IN HEALTHY ADULTS . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2011) ISBN 978-989-8425-37-9, pages 199-203. DOI: 10.5220/0003154801990203

in Bibtex Style

@conference{biodevices11,
author={Jérôme Foussier and Jennifer Caffarel and Jürgen Te Vrugt and Steffen Leonhardt},
title={LOCALISED TEMPERATURE PERCEPTION IN HEALTHY ADULTS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2011)},
year={2011},
pages={199-203},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003154801990203},
isbn={978-989-8425-37-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2011)
TI - LOCALISED TEMPERATURE PERCEPTION IN HEALTHY ADULTS
SN - 978-989-8425-37-9
AU - Foussier J.
AU - Caffarel J.
AU - Te Vrugt J.
AU - Leonhardt S.
PY - 2011
SP - 199
EP - 203
DO - 10.5220/0003154801990203