Research on developmental foundation of understanding other's minds : Early like-me understanding between self and others

• Project/Area Number: 21830063
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Educational psychology
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: SANEFUJI Wakako Osaka University, 連合小児発達学研究科, 特任助教(常勤) (60551752)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2010
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,639,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,030,000、Indirect Cost: ¥609,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,248,000 (Direct Cost: ¥960,000、Indirect Cost: ¥288,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,391,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,070,000、Indirect Cost: ¥321,000)
• Keywords: 発達 / 心の理解 / 乳幼児 / 社会的認知 / 類似性理解

Research Abstract

The present study investigated early understanding of like-me beings and its development using experimental approach, in order to clarify the social awareness in young infants. The results revealed infants' preference for human faces over objects including face-like patterns at least by one month of age, when the still-image of human faces and non-human objects including face-like pattern were presented. Such preferences for human-like features supplement evidence on the first step of early social cognition.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] One-month-old infants show visual preference for human-like feature (2011)
  • Author(s): Wakako Sanefuji、Kazuko Wada、Tomoka Yamamoto、Miho Shizawa、Junko Matsuzaki、Ikuko Mohri、Keiichi Ozono、Masako Taniike
  • Journal Title: Letters on Evolutionary Behavioral Science 2 Pages: 5-8
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Children's responses to the image of self, peer, and adult : Autism and typical development (2011)
  • Author(s): Wakako Sanefuji、Hidehiro Ohgami
  • Journal Title: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders 5 Pages: 1194-1200
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Imitative behaviors facilitate communicative gaze in children with autism (2011)
  • Author(s): Wakako Sanefuji、Hidehiro Ohgami
  • Journal Title: Infant Mental Health Journal 32 Pages: 134-142
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Imitative behaviors facilitate communicative gaze in children with autism (2011)
  • Author(s): Sanefuji, W., Ohgami, H.
  • Journal Title: Infant Mental Health Journal Volume: 32 Pages: 134-142
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Children's responses to the image of self, peer, and adult : Autism and typical development (2011)
  • Author(s): Sanefuji, W., Ohgami, H.
  • Journal Title: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders Volume: (In press)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] One-month-old infants show visual preference for human-like feature (2011)
  • Author(s): Sanefuji, W., Wada, K., Yamamoto, T., Shizawa, M., Matsuzaki, J., Mohri, I., Ozono, K., Taniike, M.
  • Journal Title: Letters on Evolutionary Behavioral Science Volume: (In press)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 他者のこころを知る-赤ちゃんがみせる他者理解のきざし- (2010)
  • Author(s): 実藤和佳子、谷池雅子
  • Journal Title: 脳 21、13 Pages: 15-21
• [Journal Article] 他者のこころを知る-赤ちゃんがみせる他者理解のきざし- (2010)
  • Author(s): 実藤和佳子・谷池雅子
  • Journal Title: 脳21 Volume: 13 Pages: 15-21
• [Journal Article] 「自分に似ている」という他者理解がコミュニケーションにもたらすもの-他者と注意を共有していく背景として- (2009)
  • Author(s): 実藤和佳子
  • Journal Title: 日本乳幼児医学・心理学研究 18 Pages: 29-35
• [Journal Article] 他者の中に自己をみる-自他の類似性理解が拓く初期発達の可能性- (2009)
  • Author(s): 実藤和佳子
  • Journal Title: 心理学評論 52 Pages: 99-110
  • NAID: 130007627126
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] First step to communication : Baby's attention to "like-me" beings (2010)
  • Author(s): 実藤和佳子
  • Organizer: The Cognitive Sciences Brown Bag Lecture
  • Place of Presentation: University of Zurich、Switzerland
  • Year and Date: 2010-07-07
• [Presentation] First step to communication : Baby's attention to "like-me" beings. (2010)
  • Author(s): Sanefuji, W.
  • Organizer: The Cognitive Sciences Brown Bag Lecture
  • Place of Presentation: University of Zurich, Switzerland
  • Year and Date: 2010-07-07
• [Presentation] 顔ならわかる-4ヶ月児が示す自己理解 (2010)
  • Author(s): 実藤和佳子、山本知加、毛利育子、谷池雅子
  • Organizer: 日本基礎心理学会第29回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 関西学院大学
• [Presentation] Baby's world : Developmental foundation for understanding others (2010)
  • Author(s): 実藤和佳子
  • Organizer: World Association for Infant Mental Health 12th World Congress
  • Place of Presentation: Leipzig, Germany
• [Presentation] Attention to persons as compared to objects in one-month-old infants (2010)
  • Author(s): Wakako Sanefuji、Kazuko Wada、Miho Shizawa、Junko Matsuzaki、Ikuko Mohri、Masako Taniike
  • Organizer: XIth World Congress of International Child Neurology Congress
  • Place of Presentation: Cairo, Egypt
• [Presentation] Preference for animacy in the first month of age : Are human faces special? (2010)
  • Author(s): Wakako Sanefuji、Kazuko Wada、Miho Shizawa、Junko Matsuzaki、Ikuko Mohri、Masako Taniike
  • Organizer: Japan-US Brain Research Workshop "Development of social brain"
  • Place of Presentation: The University of Tokyo
• [Presentation] Attention to persons as compared to objects in one-month-old infants. (2010)
  • Author(s): Sanefuji, W., Wada K., Shizawa, M., Matsuzaki, J., Mohri, I., Taniike, M.
  • Organizer: XIth World Congress of International Child Neurology Congress
  • Place of Presentation: Cairo, Egypt(招待講演)
• [Presentation] Baby's world : Developmental foundation for understanding others. (2010)
  • Author(s): Sanefuji, W.
  • Organizer: World Association for Infant Mental Health 12th World Congress
  • Place of Presentation: Leipzig, Germany(招待講演)
• [Presentation] 乳幼児が示す身体情報の知覚:自己との関連性 (2009)
  • Author(s): 実藤和佳子
  • Organizer: 日本認知科学会第43回「学習と対話」研究分科会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-12-12
• [Presentation] 他者をみる-自己との類似性の理解がひらく初期コミュニケーション- (2009)
  • Author(s): 実藤和佳子
  • Organizer: 中部大学心理コロキウム
  • Place of Presentation: 中部大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-06-24
• [Presentation] 定型発達/自閉症幼児における自己遅延映像への反応:映っているのは自分か、自分に似た他者か (2009)
  • Author(s): 実藤和佳子
  • Organizer: 日本心理学会第73回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 立命館大学