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Psychological Mechanisms for Building Interpersonal Relationships: Effects of Attractiveness in Recognizing Faces

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K13901
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Social psychology
Research InstitutionOsaka University (2021)
Otemon Gakuin University (2018-2020)
Kyoto University (2017)

Principal Investigator

Kuraguchi Kana  大阪大学, 人間科学研究科, 助教 (70791432)

Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords顔認識 / 魅力 / 視線 / 実験心理学 / 社会心理学 / 視線量 / 心理学 / 顔認知
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project aimed to understand the psychological mechanisms underlying the ease of noticing people's faces, which is a key factor in building smooth interpersonal relationships, mainly in terms of differences in face attractiveness. In the face identification task, the effect of attractiveness was more likely to ensue when faces with differences in attractiveness had to be processed simultaneously as compared to when only one face was focused on. In other words, the differences in attractiveness may be used in recognizing faces instantaneously. In addition, gaze tendency and pupillary response differed depending on the attractiveness of the observed face. Hence, it was suggested that the intuitive attractiveness evaluation process, which instantly grasps differences in attractiveness, involves the generation of physical responses.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究課題では,我々ヒトが他者の顔の個々の魅力度よりも魅力の差異に対して鋭敏である可能性と,他者に対する相対的な魅力知覚が無意識的に利用されている可能性を示した。これは,従来の顔魅力研究の知見をさらに押し広げるものであると同時に,日常生活場面で他者の顔から得られる情報を我々がどのように活用しているかを理解する一助となるものである。

Report

(6 results)
  • 2021 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (17 results)

All 2021 2020 2019 2018 Other

All Journal Article (4 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 4 results,  Open Access: 4 results) Presentation (12 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Enlargement of female pupils when perceiving something cute2021

    • Author(s)
      Kuraguchi Kana、Kanari Kei
    • Journal Title

      Scientific Reports

      Volume: 11 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-10

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41598-021-02852-5

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Face Inversion Effect on Perceived Cuteness and Pupillary Response2020

    • Author(s)
      Kuraguchi Kana、Kanari Kei
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Psychology

      Volume: 11

    • DOI

      10.3389/fpsyg.2020.558478

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Face Preference in Infants at Six and Nine Months Old: The Effects of Facial Attractiveness and Observation Experience2020

    • Author(s)
      Kuraguchi Kana、Taniguchi Kosuke、Kanari Kei、Itakura Shoji
    • Journal Title

      Symmetry

      Volume: 12 Issue: 7 Pages: 1082-1082

    • DOI

      10.3390/sym12071082

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Task Difficulty Makes ‘No’ Response Different From ‘Yes’ Response in Detection of Fragmented Object Contours2018

    • Author(s)
      Taniguchi Kosuke、Kuraguchi Kana、Konishi Yukuo
    • Journal Title

      Perception

      Volume: 47 Issue: 9 Pages: 943-965

    • DOI

      10.1177/0301006618787395

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] Effects of cute adult and baby faces on evoking approaching behavior as measured by involuntary body sway2021

    • Author(s)
      Kuraguchi, K., Fujimoto, K. & Taniguchi, K.
    • Organizer
      ECVP2021 (43rd European Conference on Visual Perception)
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] かわいさ知覚と接近・回避反応の関連―画像観察時の重心動揺を指標として2021

    • Author(s)
      藏口佳奈・藤本花音・谷口康祐
    • Organizer
      日本基礎心理学会第40回大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] かわいい顔は接近行動を喚起するのか:顔画像観察時の重心動揺を指標とした検討2021

    • Author(s)
      藏口佳奈・藤本花音・谷口康祐
    • Organizer
      日本心理学会第85回大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] かわいさは顔倒立効果の影響を受けるか:瞳孔反応の一貫性にみる知覚メカニズム2020

    • Author(s)
      藏口佳奈・金成慧
    • Organizer
      日本心理学会第84回大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 画像へのかわいさ判断と瞳孔反応の関連2020

    • Author(s)
      藏口佳奈,金成慧
    • Organizer
      日本視覚学会2020年冬季大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] カラー/グレースケール画像間における印象評価の相違―「かわいい」は「魅力的」と一致するのか2019

    • Author(s)
      藏口佳奈
    • Organizer
      日本心理学会第83回大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Unattractive faces are identified more easily than attractive ones2019

    • Author(s)
      Kuraguchi, K., Ashida, H.
    • Organizer
      Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision 2019
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Do 'no' responses arise from the same processing as 'yes'? :A two-stage model for object detection using fragmented contours2019

    • Author(s)
      Taniguchi, K., Kuraguchi, K., Konishi, Y.
    • Organizer
      Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision 2019
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 顔の同定判断は魅力の影響を受けるか-顔に対する観察経験と魅力の効果の検証2018

    • Author(s)
      藏口佳奈
    • Organizer
      日本社会心理学会第59回大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 魅力的でない顔は気づかれやすいか?-顔に向けられる視線傾向と顔の同定課題成績による検討2018

    • Author(s)
      藏口佳奈,谷口康祐,蘆田宏
    • Organizer
      日本心理学会第80回大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] “ある”という判断と“ない”という判断は等しいのか?―断片化した輪郭を用いた物体検出課題による検討―2018

    • Author(s)
      谷口康祐,藏口佳奈,小西行郎
    • Organizer
      日本基礎心理学会第37回大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 顔に向けられる視線傾向の調整要因‐魅力・呈示位置・経時的変化の検討2018

    • Author(s)
      藏口佳奈,谷口康祐,蘆田宏
    • Organizer
      日本視覚学会2018年冬季大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 藏口佳奈 個人HP

    • URL

      https://sites.google.com/view/kanakuraguchi/home

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2023-01-30  

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