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Experimental examination of Mona Lisa Effect

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17H02654
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Experimental psychology
Research InstitutionRitsumeikan University

Principal Investigator

Sato Takao  立命館大学, 総合心理学部, 教授 (60272449)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 妹尾 武治  九州大学, 芸術工学研究院, 准教授 (40546181)
北岡 明佳  立命館大学, 総合心理学部, 教授 (70234234)
森川 和則  大阪大学, 人間科学研究科, 教授 (70312436)
蒲池 みゆき  工学院大学, 情報学部(情報工学部), 教授 (70395101)
天野 薫  国立研究開発法人情報通信研究機構, 脳情報通信融合研究センター脳情報通信融合研究室, 主任研究員 (70509976)
北崎 充晃  豊橋技術科学大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (90292739)
Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2021-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2020)
Budget Amount *help
¥16,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥12,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,750,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000)
Keywordsモナリザ効果 / 形の恒常性 / 奥行き知覚 / 顔知覚 / 視覚 / 知覚 / 立体視 / 物体視 / 視知覚 / 物体知覚 / アナモルフォシス / 立体知覚
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Mona Lisa effect is a phenomenon in which the person depicted in a portrait is perceived as if he/she is facing directly to the observer when the observer moves around. When this happens, the figural depth cue of the depicted person suppresses the effectiveness of binocular disparity. There are two important points; (1)there occurs a separation between 3D perception of the depicted person and the picture surface, (2)the surface of the picture is not perceived although it is defined by binocular disparity. To explore these points, we examined several aspects including the effect of face-ness, and contributions of binocular disparity from separate components of portrait paintings. It was found that binocular disparity by itself does not contribute to the perception of orientation. From these results, it was concluded that figural cues and binocular disparity are evaluated by separate mechanisms and they are combined to create the perception of orientation of face or other objects.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

絵画,写真など,3次元的な物体が二次元画像として描写,表現されている時には,画像表面はテクスチャのある平面であり,そこには両眼視差が稠密に存在している.にもかかわらず,モナリザ効果の生起時には,画枠,および被描写物の持つ画像的手がかりが,物理的な表面の知覚を抑制する,こうした特殊な奥行き手がかり間の相互作用の解明は,二次元表現からの3次元物体の知覚を考える上で重要な要素であり,人間の脳内の三次元表象の本質を知る手がかりとなる.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2020 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2019 Annual Research Report
  • 2018 Annual Research Report
  • 2017 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (18 results)

All 2021 2019 2018 2017

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (15 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Discretized Theta-Rhythm Perception Revealed by Moving Stimuli2018

    • Author(s)
      Nakayama, R., Motoyoshi, I. & Sato, T.
    • Journal Title

      Scientific Reports

      Volume: 8 Issue: 1 Pages: 5682-5682

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41598-018-24131-6

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Visual stimulus presentation methods that capture the temporal traits of sentence processing and their evaluation2017

    • Author(s)
      植月美希・渡辺淳司・丸谷和史・佐藤隆夫
    • Journal Title

      JAPANESE PSYCHOLOGICAL REVIEW

      Volume: 60 Issue: 2 Pages: 181-201

    • DOI

      10.24602/sjpr.60.2_181

    • NAID

      130007499791

    • ISSN
      0386-1058, 2433-4650
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] The effect of binocular disparities on the Mona Lisa effect: Examination of the effect of disparities fiven to different components of portrait2021

    • Author(s)
      Marie Morita, Yoshitaka Fujii & Takao Sato
    • Organizer
      Vision Sciences Society 2021 Annual Meeting.
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] モナリザ効果の生起における顔の構成要素の効果.2021

    • Author(s)
      森田磨里絵,藤井芳孝,佐藤隆夫
    • Organizer
      日本赤ちゃん学会第21回学術集会.
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The face narrowing caused by the Mona Lisa effect.2019

    • Author(s)
      Morita, M., Fujii, Y., Sato, T.
    • Organizer
      Vision Sciences Society (VSS) 16th Annual Meeting
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The Mona Lisa effect: Its relationship to shape constancy.2019

    • Author(s)
      Sato, T, Morita, M, Fujii, Y, Kanaya, H
    • Organizer
      The 58th Annual Convention of the Taiwan Psychological Association
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The effect of the relative depth positions of disparity-defined objects for apparent motion perception and object tracking.2019

    • Author(s)
      Kanaya, H, Morita, M, Sato, T.
    • Organizer
      The 15th Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The width underestimation of 3D objects with image rotation.2019

    • Author(s)
      Morita, M., Fujii, Y., Sato, T.
    • Organizer
      The 15th Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The difference in emotions aroused by self- and automatically-controlled facial expressions.2019

    • Author(s)
      Ohashi, K. and Sato, T.
    • Organizer
      The 15th Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The underlying mechanism for detecting straight lines.2018

    • Author(s)
      Marie Morita & Takao Sato
    • Organizer
      Vision Sciences Society 2018 Annual Meeting, St. Pete Beach, Florida, USA
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The temporal characteristics of attentive tracking with dichoptic stimulation.2018

    • Author(s)
      Hidetoshi Kanaya, Marie Morita, & Takao Sato
    • Organizer
      The 41st European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP 2018), Trieste, Italy
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 視線,顔面のモナリザ効果と背景の関係2018

    • Author(s)
      佐藤隆夫,森田磨里絵,藤井芳孝,金谷英俊
    • Organizer
      視覚科学フォーラム2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 孤立オブジェクト刺激の視野間提示による仮現運動知覚2018

    • Author(s)
      金谷英俊,佐藤隆夫
    • Organizer
      視覚科学フォーラム2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 自己表情の変形主体(自発的・自動的)の違いによる印象の違い2018

    • Author(s)
      大橋佳奈・佐藤隆夫・尾田政臣
    • Organizer
      日本感情心理学会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 顔幅の変化を指標としたモナリザ効果の検討2018

    • Author(s)
      森田磨里絵・藤井芳孝・佐藤隆夫
    • Organizer
      日本基礎心理学会第37回大会, 専修大学生田キャンパス
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 直線検出の実験的検討2018

    • Author(s)
      森田磨里絵,佐藤隆夫
    • Organizer
      日本基礎心理学会第36回大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Curvature detection shares common mechanisms with vernier task2017

    • Author(s)
      Morita, M., and Sato, T.
    • Organizer
      Vision Sciences Society 2017 Annual Meeting
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] アニメーションの心理学2019

    • Author(s)
      佐藤隆夫
    • Total Pages
      254
    • Publisher
      誠心書房
    • ISBN
      4414311233
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2022-01-27  

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