Experimental study on developmental integration of visual and olfactory imformation in infants.

• Project/Area Number: 24653216
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Experimental psychology
• Research Institution: Japan Women's University
• Principal Investigator: KANAZAWA So 日本女子大学, 人間社会学部, 教授 (80337691)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): YAMAGUCHI Masami 中央大学, 文学部, 教授 (50282257) ; WADA Yuji 独立行政法人農業, 食品産業技術総合研究機構, 主任研究員 (30366546)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
• Keywords: 嗅覚 / 乳児 / 感覚間統合 / 食物 / 実験心理学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research, we investigated an associative learning between visual and olfactory information in infants. We used an anise as an olfactory stimuli afforded by Takasago Co. and National Food Research Institute and a toy as a visual stimulus. Results obtained by the experiments on 5- to 8-month-old infants showed that only female infants learned the relationship between visual and olfactory stimuli. Similar experiments were conducted on infants at around 1 year old using reaching behavior as a measurement. We also studied a role of visual information to determine the preference for food in developmental processes. Now we are preparing to submit the paper about these topics.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Shedding light on painters' implicit knowledge: The effect of lighting on recognizing expression and facial impressions of a depicted person in portraits (2014)
  • Author(s): Sakuta, Y., Kanazawa S., & Yamaguchi M. K.
  • Journal Title: Japanese Psychological Research, Volume: 56(3) Issue: 3 Pages: 288-295
  • DOI: 10.1111/jpr.12053
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Hemodynamic response of children with attention-deficit and hyperactive disorder (ADHD) to emotional facial expressions. (2014)
  • Author(s): Ichikawa, H., Nakato, E., Kanazawa, S., Shimamura, K., Sakuta, Y., Sakuta, R., Yamaguchi, M.K., & Kakigi, R.
  • Journal Title: Neuropsychologia Volume: 63 Pages: 51-58
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.08.010
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] The effect of eye size on discriminating faces：Can infants recognize facial uncanniness? (2014)
  • Author(s): Sakuta, Y., Sato, K., Kanazawa, S., & Yamaguchi M. K.
  • Journal Title: Japanese Psychological Research Volume: 56(4) Issue: 4 Pages: 331-339
  • DOI: 10.1111/jpr.12057
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Novel method to classify hemodynamic response obtained using multi-channel fNIRS measurements into two groups: Exploring the combinations of channels. (2014)
  • Author(s): Ichikawa, H., Kitazono, J., Nagata, K., Manda, A., Shimamura, K., Sakuta, R., Okada, M., Yamaguchi, M. K., Kanazawa, S., & Kakigi, R.
  • Journal Title: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience Volume: 8:480 Pages: 1-10
  • DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00480
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Infants recognize the subtle happiness expression (2014)
  • Author(s): Ichikawa, H., Kanazawa, S., & Yamaguchi M. K.
  • Journal Title: Perception Volume: 43 Issue: 4 Pages: 235-248
  • DOI: 10.1068/p7595
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Eye contrast polarity is critical for face recognition by infants (2013)
  • Author(s): Otsuka, Y., Motoyoshi, I., Hill, H., Kobayashi, M., Kanazawa, S., & Yamaguchi M.K
  • Journal Title: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology Volume: (印刷中) Issue: 3 Pages: 598-606
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2013.01.006
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Infants see the illusory motion in the static figure (2013)
  • Author(s): Kanazawa, S., Kitaoka, A. & Yamaguchi, M. K.
  • Journal Title: Perception Volume: 42(8) Issue: 8 Pages: 828-834
  • DOI: 10.1068/p7460
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Contrast reversal of the eyes impairs infants' face processing : A near-infrared spectroscopic study. (2013)
  • Author(s): Ichikawa, H., Otsuka, Y., Kanazawa, S., Yamaguchi, M. K., & Kakigi, R.
  • Journal Title: Neuropsychologia Volume: 51(13) Issue: 13 Pages: 2556-2561
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.08.020
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Infant visual preference for fruit enhanced by congruent in-season odor (2012)
  • Author(s): Wada, Y., Inada, Y., Yang, J., Kunieda, S., Masuda, T., Kimura, A., Kanazawa, S., & Yamaguchi, M.K.
  • Journal Title: Appetite Volume: 58(3) Pages: 1070-1075
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 乳幼は匂いのついた玩具を好むか. (2014)
  • Author(s): 作田由衣子・稲田祐奈・和田有史・國枝里美・金沢 創・山口真美
  • Organizer: 日本赤ちゃん学会第14回学術集会
  • Place of Presentation: 日本女子大学(神奈川県川崎市)
  • Year and Date: 2014-06-21 – 2014-06-22
• [Presentation] 乳児は視覚と嗅覚の連合を形成するか～未知のにおいを用いた連合学習による検討～ (2012)
  • Author(s): 作田由衣子・稲田祐奈・小川紗貴子・和田有史・國枝里美・金沢創・山口真美
  • Organizer: 電子情報通信学会（ヒューマン情報処理研究会）
  • Place of Presentation: 東北大学
• [Presentation] 乳児における視覚と嗅覚の連合の形成 (2012)
  • Author(s): 稲田祐奈・作田由衣子・小川紗貴子・和田有史・國枝里美・金沢 創・山口真美
  • Organizer: 日本基礎心理学会第31回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 九州大学
• [Presentation] 乳児における視覚と嗅覚の連合とその持続 (2012)
  • Author(s): 稲田祐奈・作田由衣子・小川紗貴子・和田有史・楊 嘉楽・國枝里美・金沢 創・山口真美
  • Organizer: 日本赤ちゃん学会12回学術集会
  • Place of Presentation: 玉川大学