The mechanisms of visual preference for a complex visual stimulus

• Project/Area Number: 23730702
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Experimental psychology
• Research Institution: Kwansei Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: OGAWA Hirokazu 関西学院大学, 文学部, 准教授 (90507823)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2012
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
• Keywords: 選好処理 / 潜在学習 / 視覚的注意 / 印象形成

Research Abstract

The purpose of this research project was to clarify the psychological mechanisms that determine preference for a complex visual stimulus such as a natural scene or face. In this project, I focused on the interaction between the physical properties of the visual stimuli and observers’ experience. In a series of experiments with a gaze-cueing paradigm, it was found that preference on faces was modulated by statistical information embedded in the current task setting.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Implicit learning increasespreference for predictive visualdisplay. Attention (2011)
  • Author(s): Ogawa, H., & Watanabe, K.
  • Journal Title: Perception &Psychophysics Volume: 73 (6) Pages: 1815-1822
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 視線の予測性の潜在学習が顔の信頼性判断に与える影響 (2013)
  • Author(s): 小川洋和
  • Organizer: 第8回犬山比較社会認知シンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 京都大学霊長類研究所
  • Year and Date: 2013-01-12
• [Presentation] The role of eye-specific information in object-based attention (2012)
  • Author(s): Ogawa, H.
  • Organizer: Poster session presented at International seminar "Time and Space in Perception and Action", Yamaguchi
  • Place of Presentation: Japan
  • Year and Date: 2012-12-09
• [Presentation] オブジェクトベースの注意処理における眼由来信号の役割 (2012)
  • Author(s): 小川洋和
  • Organizer: 日本基礎心理学会第31回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 九州大学
  • Year and Date: 2012-11-03
• [Presentation] The process of impression formation for faces in a gaze cueing task (2012)
  • Author(s): Ogawa, H., Nunoi, M., & Yoshikawa, S.
  • Organizer: Poster session presented at the annual meeting of The European Conference on Visual Perception
  • Place of Presentation: Alghero, Italy
  • Year and Date: 2012-09-02
• [Presentation] 視線手がかりによる顔への印象形成過程の検討 (2012)
  • Author(s): 小川洋和・布井雅人・吉川左紀子
  • Organizer: 日本認知心理学会第10回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 岡山大学
  • Year and Date: 2012-06-02
• [Presentation] Object identities facilitate response to a target in spatio-temporal contextual cuing (2012)
  • Author(s): Higuchi, Y., Ogawa, H., Ueda, Y., & Saiki, J.
  • Organizer: Paper presented at Vision Sciences Society 9th Annual Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Florida, USA
  • Year and Date: 2012-05-13
• [Presentation] Mechanisms of implicit learning of visual event sequences investigated by eye movement (2012)
  • Author(s): Higuchi, Y., Ogawa, H., Ueda, Y., & Saiki, J.
  • Organizer: Paper presented at10th Tsukuba InternationalConference on Memory
  • Place of Presentation: Tokyo, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2012-03-04
• [Presentation] 変化した視覚的文脈に対する再学習の生起要因 (2011)
  • Author(s): 小川洋和
  • Organizer: 日本心理学会第75回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 日本大学
  • Year and Date: 2011-09-17
• [Presentation] 連続的に発生するイベントに対する文脈学習の検討 (2011)
  • Author(s): 樋口洋子・小川洋和・齋木潤
  • Organizer: 日本心理学会第75回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 日本大学
  • Year and Date: 2011-09-15
• [Presentation] The process of impression formation for faces in a gaze cueing task
  • Author(s): Hirokazu Ogawa
  • Organizer: Annual meeting of The European Conference on Visual Perception
  • Place of Presentation: Alghero, Italy
• [Presentation] The role of eye-specific information in object-based attention
  • Author(s): Hirokazu Ogawa
  • Organizer: International seminar “Time and Space in Perception and Action”
  • Place of Presentation: 山口大学
  • Invited