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Self-interest bias in facial affect recognition as a function of psychopathy

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K17349
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Clinical psychology
Research InstitutionNational Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (2017-2018)
Hiroshima Shudo University (2016)

Principal Investigator

Osumi Takahiro  国立研究開発法人国立精神・神経医療研究センター, 精神保健研究所 地域・司法精神医療研究部, 研究員 (50737012)

Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000)
Keywordsサイコパシー / 利己性 / 表情認知 / 概念メタファー / 意味ネットワーク / 選択的注意 / 反応抑制 / 事象関連電位 / 顔表情 / 視線 / 脳波 / 注意 / 行動制御 / 共感性 / 感情 / メタファー / 反社会性 / 社会的認知 / 表情 / 実験系心理学 / 反社会的パーソナリティ
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Psychopathic traits increased reaction time in pressing the down-arrow key, not to angry faces, but to sad faces. Such results imply that psychopathic traits reduce the processing of a negative concept of faces that do not represent a threat to observers. In addition, psychopathic traits were associated with a slow response to fearful faces with direct gaze, and with an increased failure in response inhibition to averted-gaze fear. These results suggest that while psychopathic traits impair the detection of social signals that do not represent a threat, they excessively activate behavioral responses to social cues signaling the presence of a threat. Thus, the present findings support for the self-interest bias in facial affect recognition as a function of psychopathic traits. However, the present studies failed to find event-related potentials that are clearly associated with behavioral results. Further studies are required to add neurobiological evidences.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

サイコパシーによって攻撃行動が助長される原因の一つとして共感性の低下が挙げられている。それゆえ,サイコパシーにおける表情認知の特異性を明らかにすることは,サイコパシーの問題の中核を理解するために重要である。本研究の成果は,これまでに明らかにされてきたサイコパシーにおける表情認知の特異性を包括的に説明する新たな視点を提供した。したがって,本研究はサイコパシーにおける共感性の問題のメカニズムに関する理解を前進させたという点で大きな意義をもつ。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (9 results)

All 2018 2017 2016

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 3 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Selective fair behavior as a function of psychopathic traits in a subclinical population2017

    • Author(s)
      Osumi, T., & Ohira, H.
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Psychology

      Volume: 8 Pages: 1604-1604

    • DOI

      10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01604

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Heart-rate deceleration predicting the determination of costly punishment: Implications for its involvement in cognitive effort expended in overriding self-interest.2016

    • Author(s)
      Takahiro Osumi, Hideki Ohira
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Psychophysiology

      Volume: 109 Pages: 29-36

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2016.09.017

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Different effects of altruistic behaviors on subjective well-being depending on the recipient2016

    • Author(s)
      大隅 尚広, 山根 嵩史
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Human Environmental Studies

      Volume: 14 Issue: 2 Pages: 149-154

    • DOI

      10.4189/shes.14.149

    • NAID

      130005239727

    • ISSN
      1348-5253, 1883-7611
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] 喜びは上、悲しみは下 ―上下方向による顔表情の分類における事象関連電位2018

    • Author(s)
      大隅 尚広, 米田 恵子, 河野 稔明
    • Organizer
      第36回日本生理心理学会大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 上下のメタファーで顔表情の認識が亢進するか2017

    • Author(s)
      大隅 尚広, 山根 嵩史
    • Organizer
      日本心理学会第81回大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Psychopathic traits and reduced autonomic responses during decision-making of fairness norm violation2017

    • Author(s)
      Takahiro Osumi
    • Organizer
      The 57th Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 交感神経系の活動の低下がサイコパシー傾向と規範逸脱行動を結びつける2016

    • Author(s)
      大隅 尚広
    • Organizer
      第34回日本生理心理学会大会
    • Place of Presentation
      名古屋大学
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The effect of altruistic behavior on happiness is modulated by relationship with the recipients2016

    • Author(s)
      Takahiro Osumi, Takashi Yamane
    • Organizer
      The 31st International Congress of Psychology
    • Place of Presentation
      Pacifico Yokohama
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] サイコパシー傾向者には「気分の落ち込み」がわからない ―他者感情と上下方向の結びつきに関する検討2016

    • Author(s)
      大隅 尚広, 山根 嵩史
    • Organizer
      日本パーソナリティ心理学会第25回大会
    • Place of Presentation
      関西大学
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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