Physiology Research Projects, Fall 2019
Yoga's effect on vitals post exerciseThis experiment explores the effect of yoga on an individual’s heart rate and blood pressure after exercise. The experiment has the test subjects do a set exercise routine two different times. The first time followed by a short walk and the second followed by a short yoga sequence. Blood pressure and pulse are compared in this experiment .
Pain tolerance in men and womenPain tolerance can be different in men and women based on how much pain they experience in life. Since women have to go through menstruation cycles and childbirth, they are likely to have a higher pain tolerance. In our experiment, we shocked both boys and girls in their palm and asked them when they started to feel the shock and when they wanted to stop. Based on our data; mainly boys and girls felt the shock at three, but the girls seem to stop before most of the boys. With this data it proved our hypothesis was correct; women do have higher pain tolerance than men.
Muscle strength and temperatureIn this lab Jb, Cam, and Chris focused on grip strength; and how it is affected by temperature. The 3 guys took 15 classmates and calculated their grip strength on a total of 9 different tests; 3 baseline tests, 3 cold tests, and 3 heat tests. For the cold test the test subjects forearm was placed in an ice bucket and the tests were conducted, when the subjects arm was heated it was placed under a heating pad.
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The Embr Wave's effects on anxietyOur experiment centers around temperature change and anxiety. We tested both hot and cold and watched whether the subjects heart rate rose or dropped. Once the subject was wearing the Embr wave, we set the temperature. We were testing this because we were curious about how temperature had to deal with anxiety. After our experiment we found that temperature differs with each person. It just depends whether the person likes hot or cold.
reaction time and temperatureThe experiment entailed using electrodes to check reaction times of the arm at different temperatures. To change the temperature of the arm a bucket of ice water and a microwaved rice pack were used. After the cooling and heating, the subjects contracted their forearms in response to a light-signal. The overall result was that heat decreased reaction time and cold increased reaction time.
Music and reaction time while driving/ academic performancePart 1: Distracted driving has been a growing issue all around our world and it isn't going to stop anytime soon. We would like to test if music has an effect on a person's ability to react to light and sound, and see if music contributes to distracting driving.
Part 2: Everyday people are reading articles/newspapers, we would like to test how music distracts a person's ability to read and comprehend. This test will show how academic performance is associated with music. |
Songs and ExerciseThis experiment examines the way a subject correlates music with how fast they run. This test was to determine whether sad or happy music had the ability to affect your running pace. Nineteen subjects were tested in a repeated manner as they paced down a hallway while listening to sad and happy music. Overall, happy music resulted in faster times, faster heart rate, and less steps in all cases.
stress and its effect on the heartThis experiment uses different forms of tests to raise the stress levels of the participants. These different tests affect either the mental or physical activity of the participants. Visuals including graphs and a table are provided to organize the information. Through studying the data of the vitals of those tested, a conclusion is made as to whether which is more effective, physical or mental stress.
Affordable ProsthesisFor many years, amputees have struggled with the high cost of functional prosthetic. The paper explores an affordable way to make a functional prosthetic hand that could be mass produced. If suitable functional materials and methods can be found, it will be possible to make a prosthetic hand for under a hundred dollars. This paper explores the possibility and effectiveness of using 3D printing to print a prosthetic.
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Reaction time in dominant vs. NON DOMINANT hand
In the experiment, the objective was to identify the correlation between hemisphere dominance and motor function as a true phenomenon, or fallacy. In the human body, the left hemisphere controls the right portion of the body and the same with the left hemisphere. This experiment tested this dominance by reaction times between halves of the body. It first was done by differing reaction times to both light and auditory stimulus. Then hemisphere dominance was tested by flexibility and rapid stimulus. As a conclusion of the experiment, it was found that there are varying reaction times depending on the stimulus. In most experiments, the average dominant was always faster, but rarely with any significant jump. This observation also may conclude that reaction times between dominant limbs vary from person to person.