Research on socio-ecological bases of "primitive empathy" and its psychological architecture
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17330133
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Social psychology
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| Research Institution | Hokkaido University |
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Principal Investigator |
KAMEDA Tatsuya Hokkaido University, Graduate. School of Letters, Professor (20214554)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
YUKI Masaki Hokkaido University, Graduate. School of Letters, Associate Professor (50301859)
NAKAJIMA Akira Hokkaido University, Graduate. School of Letters, Assistant Professor (30312325)
ウェア ポール 北海道大学, 大学院文学研究科, 学術研究員 (40396271)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2005 – 2007
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2007)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥9,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥2,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥4,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000)
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| Keywords | Empathy / Evolution / Ecology / Facial mimicry / Evolutionary games / Model / Experiments / 表情 |
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| Research Abstract |
Research on human ability to empathize with others is a core question encompassing natural sciences including evolutionary biology as well as human sciences, and constitutes one of the fundamental questions to understand human sociality. This project was focused on basic socio-emotional processes called "primitive empathy." This project revolved around theory-building about emotional synchronization within pairs, and has succeeded in empirically identifying a phenomenon called "facial mimicry." This is a phenomenon whereby a person replicates another person's facial expression on his/her own face. Related phenomena have been observed with mother-infant interactions, but only sporadic research exists as to the facial mimicry between non-kin adults. We hypothesized that facial mimicry serves to understand another person's emotional state in general. To test this hypothesis, we conducted a series of psycho-physiological experiments where a participant's facial electromyography (EMG) was measured while they were viewing video-clips about another individual's facial expression. The results supported our hypothesis, and suggested that facial mimicry may be a key psycho-physiological process underlying empathy.
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[Presentation] 援助行動規範と社会階層2006
Author(s)
犬飼佳吾&亀田達也
Organizer
日本社会心理学会第47回大会
Place of Presentation
東北大学、仙台市
Year and Date
2006-09-18
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
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[Presentation] 感情の個人間伝染2006
Author(s)
田村亮&亀田達也
Organizer
日本社会心理学会第47回大会
Place of Presentation
東北大学、仙台市
Year and Date
2006-09-18
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
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[Book] Evolution, Culture, and the Human Mind2008
Author(s)
Schaller, M., Heine, S. J., Norenzayan, A., Yamagishi, T. & Kameda, T.
Publisher
Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (In press)
Description
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[Book] 文化行動の社会心理学2005
Author(s)
金児曉嗣・結城雅樹
Total Pages
178
Publisher
北大路書房
Description
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[Book] Evolution, Culture, and the Human Mind
Author(s)
Schaller, M., Heine, S. J., Norenzayan, A., Yamagishi, T., & Kameda, T. (Eds.)
Publisher
Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Description
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