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Tampere University
yasushi.suko [at] tuni.fi (yasushi[dot]suko[at]tuni[dot]fi)
phone number+358503221593

About me

I am now a doctoral student in the Faculty of Social Sciences at Tampere University (2020-2023). I am studying the therapeutic effects of nature sounds on human health, especially targetting at people who cannot go out because of unavoidable circumstances.

Top achievements

In 2019, my colleagues and I conducted a pioneering study in Japan which was to investigate whether nature sounds could be restorative for surgeons after surgery. An article on it will be published in spring 2020.

Research topics

The restorative (therapeutic) effect of nature sounds (e.g., birdsong, the sound of river flow) on human health.

Research unit

EnviWell Research Group: https://research.tuni.fi/enviwell/

Research fields

Environmental Psychology.

Funding

Heiwa-nakajima Foundation (February 2020 – January 2022)

Research career

1. Education                                  

Master of Environment, Natural Environmental Studies (GPA: 3.94 / 4.00)

  April 2017-March 2019

  The University of Tokyo, Kashiwanoha 5-1-5, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba, Japan

  THESIS: “Psychological and Physiological Effects of Natural Environmental Sounds on Listeners: A Comprehensive Study”.

2. Job Experience                                

Job Title: Internship at French National Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Marseille, France

Period: From March28, 2019 to June 27, 2019 (for three months)

Subject: The Evaluation of the Effects of Environmental Sounds on Human Sensation by Psychological and Physiological Approaches.