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Perspective adoption in language comprehension: Developmental, cross-cultural, and cross-language aspects

Research Project

Project/Area Number 21K12989
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 02060:Linguistics-related
Research InstitutionNiigata Seiryou University

Principal Investigator

Niikuni Keiyu  新潟青陵大学, 福祉心理子ども学部, 准教授 (60770500)

Project Period (FY) 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Keywords言語理解 / メンタルシミュレーション / 視点取得 / 個人差 / 発達段階 / 事象認知 / 共感性 / 言語間比較
Outline of Research at the Start

人は言語を理解する際、その内容を視覚的イメージとして心内に思い描く(メンタルシミュレーション)。本研究は、メンタルシミュレーションにおいて取得されやすい視点が、個人の発達段階や背景とする文化、母語とする言語によって異なるという仮説を実験的に検証するものである。研究代表者が行った先行研究では、成人日本語母語話者は、言語によって描写される事象を客観的視点から思い描きやすいことが示されている。本研究では、早期の発達段階にある話者や、文化的背景・母語が日本(語)と異なる話者に同様の客観的視点の選好がみられるかを検討することにより、メンタルシミュレーションの基盤となる認知特性の存在と性質を明らかにする。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Previous psycholinguistic studies have shown that, in comprehending language, readers and listeners mentally simulate the action event described in a sentence from a particular perspective, such as an agent or observer. This study explored whether and how inter-individual factors, such as developmental stage, native language, and relevant psychological traits, are associated with preferences for perspective adoption in language comprehension. The main contribution of this study is the revelation that individual differences in the sense of agency and cognitive empathy predict preferences in perspective adoption. Moreover, it was revealed that, unlike adults, children prefer an agent perspective to an observer perspective and are unlikely to use contextual information for perspective selection. A future direction is to clarify the developmental changes in perspective preferences and other aspects of mental simulation in language comprehension in detail.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究においてとりわけ意義の大きかった成果としては、言語理解中のメンタルシミュレーションにおける視点取得の選好性が、発達段階によって異なっていることを明らかにできたことを挙げたい。この成果から、視点取得の様式は言語理解能力の発達と関連して変化している可能性を指摘することができ、今後本成果を発展させ言語理解に際するメンタルシミュレーションの発達変化の全体像を明らかにできれば、これまでにない新たなアプローチによる言語発達支援方法の開発につなげることができると考えている。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (32 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (3 results) Journal Article (8 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Peer Reviewed: 8 results,  Open Access: 7 results) Presentation (19 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 7 results) Book (2 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] ハワイ大学(米国)

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] マックスプランク心理言語学研究所(オランダ)

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] バスク大学(スペイン)

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Individual differences in (cognitive) empathy affect perspective adoption in comprehending null-subject sentences in Japanese2023

    • Author(s)
      小波津 豪、赤嶺 奨、里 麻奈美、新国 佳祐
    • Journal Title

      Cognitive Studies: Bulletin of the Japanese Cognitive Science Society

      Volume: 30 Issue: 3 Pages: 206-216

    • DOI

      10.11225/cs.2023.023

    • ISSN
      1341-7924, 1881-5995
    • Year and Date
      2023-09-01
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] High sense of agency versus low sense of agency in event framing in Japanese2023

    • Author(s)
      Sato M., Niikuni, K., & Schafer, A. J.
    • Journal Title

      Issues in Japanese Psycholinguistics from Comparative Perspectives, Volume 2: Interaction Between Linguistic and Nonlinguistic Factors

      Volume: 2 Pages: 9-30

    • DOI

      10.1515/9783110778939-002

    • ISBN
      9783110778939
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Chapter 12 Asymmetric effects of sub-lexical orthographic/phonological similarities on L1-Chinese and L2-Japanese visual word recognition2023

    • Author(s)
      Xiong Kexin、Niikuni Keiyu、Muramoto Toshiaki、Kiyama Sachiko
    • Journal Title

      The Mouton-NINJAL Library of Linguistics (Volume 5): Issues in Japanese Psycholinguistics from Comparative Perspectives

      Volume: 1 Pages: 211-230

    • DOI

      10.1515/9783110778946-012

    • ISBN
      9783110778946
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Auditory comprehension of Japanese scrambled sentences by patients with aphasia: An ERP study2023

    • Author(s)
      Kasai, M., Kiyama, S., Niikuni, K., Tokimoto, S., Cheng, L., Wang, M., Song, G.,Todate, K., Suzuki, H., Mugikura, S., Ueno, T., & Koizumi, M.
    • Journal Title

      Issues in Japanese Psycholinguistics from Comparative Perspectives, Volume 2: Interaction Between Linguistic and Nonlinguistic Factors

      Volume: 1 Pages: 201-222

    • DOI

      10.1515/9783110778939-011

    • ISBN
      9783110778939
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Pupil dilation reflects emotional arousal via poetic language2022

    • Author(s)
      Niikuni, K., Wang, M., Makuuchi, M., Koizumi, M., & Kiyama, S.
    • Journal Title

      Perceptual and Motor Skills

      Volume: 129 Issue: 6 Pages: 1691-1708

    • DOI

      10.1177/00315125221126778

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Intentional binding and self-transcendence: Searching for pro-survival behavior in sense-of-agency2022

    • Author(s)
      Niikuni, K., Nakanishi, M., & Sugiura, M.
    • Journal Title

      Consciousness and Cognition

      Volume: 102 Pages: 103351-103351

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.concog.2022.103351

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Individual depression tendencies impede emotional sensitivity to comic poetry2022

    • Author(s)
      Wang, M., Niikuni, K., Kato, S., Koizumi, M., & Kiyama, S.
    • Journal Title

      Tohoku Psychologica Folia

      Volume: 81 Pages: 45-53

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Individual differences in sense of agency and perspective adoption in comprehending Japanese null-subject sentences2021

    • Author(s)
      Niikuni Keiyu、Sato Manami、Muramoto Toshiaki
    • Journal Title

      The Japanese journal of psychology

      Volume: 92 Issue: 2 Pages: 89-99

    • DOI

      10.4992/jjpsy.92.19045

    • NAID

      130008056975

    • ISSN
      0021-5236, 1884-1082
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] 文理解中のメンタルシミュレーションにおける視点取得:児童の場合2023

    • Author(s)
      新国佳祐、小波津豪、大城彩佳、里麻奈美
    • Organizer
      東北心理学会第76回大会・新潟心理学会第60回大会合同大会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The Effect of Facial Expressions on Event Comprehension in Children with Different Empathy Skills2023

    • Author(s)
      Oshiro, A, Kohatsu, T., Omine, A., Schafer, A. J., Niikuni, K, & Sato, M.
    • Organizer
      The 13th International Conference on Cognitive Science
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] From Observer to Actor: Facial Expressions Affect Children’s Preferences in Perspective Adoption2023

    • Author(s)
      Kohatsu, T., Oshiro, A., Omine, A., Schafer, A. J., Niikuni, K., & Sato, M.
    • Organizer
      The 13th International Conference on Cognitive Science
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Producing filler-gap dependencies in (in)felicitous contexts: Evidence from pupillometry and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS)2023

    • Author(s)
      Yano, M., Niikuni, K., Shimura, R., Funasaki, N., & Koizumi, M.
    • Organizer
      電子情報通信学会 思考と言語研究会 (TL)
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Why do speakers use syntactically non-basic sentences? Evidence from pupillometry and functional near-infrared spectroscopy2023

    • Author(s)
      Yano, M., Niikuni, K., Shimura, R., Funasaki, N., & Koizumi, M.
    • Organizer
      AMLaP Asia 2023
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The effect of subliminal facial expression on perspective adoption during language comprehension in Japanese2023

    • Author(s)
      Kohatsu, T., Akamine, S., Oshiro, A., Niikuni, K., & Sato, M.
    • Organizer
      言語処理学会第29回年次大会(NLP2023)
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 表情の閾下呈示が事象における視点取得に与える影響2023

    • Author(s)
      大城彩佳・小波津豪・赤嶺奨・新国佳祐・里麻奈美
    • Organizer
      言語処理学会第29回年次大会(NLP2023)
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 感覚結果の遅延による主体感の操作が事象の言語的解釈に及ぼす影響2022

    • Author(s)
      新国佳祐・里麻奈美
    • Organizer
      日本心理学会第86回大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 言語理解時のメンタルシミュレーションにおける視点取得:共感性との関連に着目して2022

    • Author(s)
      小波津豪・赤嶺奨・里麻奈美・新国佳祐
    • Organizer
      日本認知科学会第39回大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Emotions in language processing: Affective priming in embodied cognition2022

    • Author(s)
      Akamine, S., Kohatsu, T., Niikuni, K., Schafer, A. J., & Sato, M.
    • Organizer
      日本認知科学会第39回大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Lexicalization as an ongoing change and the cline of lexicality: A view from the complex negative adjectives in Japanese.2022

    • Author(s)
      Ogawa, Y., Niikuni, K., & Wada, Y.
    • Organizer
      55th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] デジタル絵本/紙芝居使用時の大人の子供に対する関わりの特徴:かかわり指標による大人の行動評定2022

    • Author(s)
      本間優子・新国佳祐
    • Organizer
      日本発達心理学会第33回大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] High sense of agency versus low sense of agency in event framing in Japanese2021

    • Author(s)
      Sato, M., Niikuni, K. & Schafer, A. J.
    • Organizer
      International Symposium on Issues in Japanese Psycholinguistics from Comparative Perspectives (IJPCP 2021)
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Visual perception of vertical motions improves valence word learning2021

    • Author(s)
      Akamine, S., Omine, A., Kohatsu, T., Niikuni, K., & Sato, M.
    • Organizer
      言語科学会第22回国際年次大会(JSLS2021)
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 定型詩による感情変化と注意範囲の拡大2021

    • Author(s)
      新国佳祐
    • Organizer
      東北心理学会第74回大会自主企画シンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 定型詩の鑑賞による注意の範囲の拡大:フランカー課題を用いた検討2021

    • Author(s)
      新国佳祐・汪敏・程レイ雅・木山幸子
    • Organizer
      日本心理学会第85回大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] デジタル絵本アプリ(タブレット端末)および紙芝居を用いた役割取得能力トレーニング時の年長児の視線行動の相違:子どもの認知発達の促進に向けて2021

    • Author(s)
      本間優子・新国佳祐
    • Organizer
      日本心理学会第85回大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 年長児に対するデジタル絵本アプリ(タブレット端末)および紙芝居を用いた役割取得能力トレーニング時の発言回数の比較:能動的体験と受動的体験の相違2021

    • Author(s)
      本間優子・新国佳祐
    • Organizer
      日本教育心理学会第64回総会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 第二言語において他者表情が多義文の解釈に及ぼす影響2021

    • Author(s)
      大嶺明李・小波津豪・赤嶺奨・新国佳祐・里麻奈美
    • Organizer
      言語科学会第22回国際年次大会(JSLS2021)
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] ライブラリ心理学の杜7:学習・言語心理学2022

    • Author(s)
      木山幸子・大沼卓也・新国佳祐・熊可欣
    • Total Pages
      352
    • Publisher
      サイエンス社
    • ISBN
      9784781915500
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Book] コーパスからわかる言語変化・変異と言語理論32022

    • Author(s)
      小川芳樹・中山俊秀(編)
    • Total Pages
      464
    • Publisher
      開拓社
    • ISBN
      9784758923774
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report

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