Lab missionThe THERMOSENSELAB specializes in mechanistic research in human perception and applied neurophysiology.
Our research focuses on understanding how humans sense temperature and wetness on their skin, how these signals contribute to regulating our body temperature, and how this integrated system fails when neurodegenration in the form of Multiple Sclerosis takes place. Some of the fundamental questions we try to answer are:
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Research ApplicationsThe applied implications of our research are in the context of informing and optimizing the design of objects, healthcare devices (e.g. prosthesis), clothing (protective and sportive), and environments to be used by both healthy populations as well as by neurologically impaired individuals.
We believe the highest research impact can be achieved when academia and industry work together. Our research projects are often conducted at the interface between industry and academia and we are committed to bridge the gap between these worlds. |
Some examples of thermosensory mapping (i.e. determining temperature sensitive skin regions)
[from Filingeri, Zhang, Arens, 2017] Integration of skin wetness sensory feedback for neuroprostetic development
[from Filingeri, Ackerley, 2017] |
Location
The THERMOSENSELAB is part of the Environmental Ergonomics Research Centre
at Loughborough University, LE11 3TU, UK
at Loughborough University, LE11 3TU, UK