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Infants' causal understanding of facial expressions of emotions

Research Project

Project/Area Number 24650131
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Cognitive science
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

HARYU Etsuko  東京大学, 教育学研究科(研究院), 准教授 (70276004)

Project Period (FY) 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Keywords表情 / 乳児 / 他者特性理解 / 行動予測 / 援助行動 / 印象形成 / 表情知覚 / 感情理解
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We human beings use facial expressions of emotions to fine-tune our attitude to the expressor. The present study investigated from when infants exhibit this ability by testing 4- to 14-month-old infants. The results indicated that (1) 4-month-olds are able to perceptually categorize happy faces and angry faces, respectively, which are displayed by different individuals, (2) that an individual who now shows a neutral face but once displayed a happy face is preferred by 6-month-olds over other individuals who once displayed an angry face, and (3) that 10-month-olds predict that an individual with an angry face do not help other people attain goals, whereas they do not predict that an individual with a happy face is more likely to help others than other individuals with an angry face.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2014 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • 2012 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2015 2014 Other

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 1 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 2 results) Presentation (4 results)

  • [Journal Article] Categorization and understanding of facial expressions in 4-month-old infants.2015

    • Author(s)
      Kaneshige, T. & Haryu, E.
    • Journal Title

      Japanese Psychological Research

      Volume: 57 Issue: 2 Pages: 143-154

    • DOI

      10.1111/jpr.12076

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] 10か月児,14か月児における表情の理解:他者の協調的行動を予測する手がかりとして2015

    • Author(s)
      金重利典・針生悦子
    • Journal Title

      電子通信情報学会技術研究報告

      Volume: 114 Pages: 133-138

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] 乳児における他者の援助・妨害行動の予測:表情の利用に着目して2015

    • Author(s)
      金重利典・針生悦子
    • Organizer
      日本発達心理学会第26回大会
    • Place of Presentation
      東京大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-03-20 – 2015-03-22
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Infants’ preference for a person is affected by the person’s prior facial expression2014

    • Author(s)
      Kaneshige, T. & Haryu, E.
    • Organizer
      The 19th International Conference on Infant Studies
    • Place of Presentation
      Berlin, Germany
    • Year and Date
      2014-07-03 – 2014-07-05
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Infants’ preference for a person is affected by the person’s prior facial expression.2014

    • Author(s)
      Kaneshige,T. & Haryu, E.
    • Organizer
      International Congress of Infant Studies
    • Place of Presentation
      Berlin, Germany
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 表情が乳児の人物選好に与える影響 ―乳児は笑っていた人物を好むのか?―

    • Author(s)
      金重 利典 ・ 針生 悦子
    • Organizer
      日本発達心理学会第24回大会
    • Place of Presentation
      明治学院大学
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report

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Published: 2013-05-31   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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