Drawing reduces mental stress.
Conditions
Interventions
Have participants complete three drawing tasks before and after the salivary amylase measurement.
Sponsors
Ozawa Toru
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Healthy young adults. Persons who are 18 years of age or older at the time of obtaining consent. Persons who, after receiving a full explanation of their participation in this study, have given written consent of their own free will based on a full understanding of the subject.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Persons who have refused to participate in the study Persons who do not offer to participate in this study. Persons who are judged by the principal investigator to be unsuitable as research subjects. The following are the reasons for the refusal: - Those who participated in the study and conducted the experiments, but refused to allow the data to be used after the experiments. Persons who are taking drugs similar to neuroleptics at the time of participation in the experiment.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Comparison of mean salivary amylase levels between resting and drawing tasks and between tasks | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Comparison of the percentage change in salivary amylase levels between resting and drawing tasks and between tasks | — |
Contacts
Public ContactToru Ozawa
Nihon University college of Art
Outcome results
None listed