Multilevel framework of conscious and unconscious processing

• Project/Area Number: 25780368
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Social psychology
• Research Institution: Aichi Shukutoku University (2015); University of Tsukuba (2013-2014)
• Principal Investigator: Kawakami Naoaki 愛知淑徳大学, 人間情報学部, 特別研究員 (80633289)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
• Keywords: 意識 / 無意識 / 閾下 / 潜在指標 / 社会的認知 / 潜在認知 / サブリミナル / 単純接触効果

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research is that how conscious and unconscious systems affect our social cognition. Results indicated as follows: Conscious and unconscious processes are essentially independent. Moreover, both processes are uniquely sensitive to different types of information sources. These results suggest that the mental process which is triggered by certain information seems to serve different functions, supporting our highly sophisticated social lives.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Image or real? Altering the mental imagery of subliminal stimuli differentiates explicit and implicit attitudes (2015)
  • Author(s): Kawakami, N. & Miura, E.
  • Journal Title: Imagination, Cognition and Personality Volume: 34 Issue: 3 Pages: 259-269
  • DOI: 10.1177/0276236614568637
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Conscious and unconscious processes are sensitive to different types of information (2015)
  • Author(s): Kawakami, N., Miura, E. & Yoshida, F.
  • Journal Title: Evolution, Mind and Behavior Volume: 13 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-10
  • DOI: 10.1556/2050.2015.0001
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] 単純接触効果と無意識―われわれの好意はどこから来るのか― (2015)
  • Author(s): 川上直秋
  • Journal Title: エモーション・スタディーズ Volume: 1 Pages: 81-86
  • NAID: 130007055462
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Perceiving a story outside of conscious awareness: When we infer narrative attributes from subliminal sequential stimuli (2015)
  • Author(s): Kawakami, N. & Yoshida, F.
  • Journal Title: Consciousness and Cognition Volume: 33 Pages: 53-66
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2014.12.001
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] 字のクセを好きになるか？：筆跡に基づく単純接触効果の般化 (2014)
  • Author(s): 川上直秋・菊地正・吉田富二雄
  • Journal Title: 社会心理学研究 Volume: 29 Pages: 187-193
  • NAID: 110009810882
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] How do implicit effects of subliminal mere exposure become explicit? Mediating effects of social interaction (2014)
  • Author(s): Kawakami, N. & Yoshida, F.
  • Journal Title: Social Influence Volume: 印刷中 Issue: 1 Pages: 43-54
  • DOI: 10.1080/15534510.2014.901245
  • NAID: 120007136547
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 閾下単純接触による潜在的集団評価の形成―異質性の無意識的認知― (2013)
  • Author(s): 川上直秋・吉田富二雄
  • Journal Title: 認知科学 Volume: 20 Pages: 318-329
  • NAID: 10031195777
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] High social anxiety inhibits the mere exposure effect on explicit but not implicit attitudes (2015)
  • Author(s): Kawakami, N. & Miura, E.
  • Organizer: The 14th European Congress of Psychology
  • Place of Presentation: University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan(Italy)
  • Year and Date: 2015-07-07
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] When you become a superman: Subliminal exposure to death-related stimuli enhances male physical force (2015)
  • Author(s): Kawakami, N., Miura, E., & Nagai, M.
  • Organizer: The 27th Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention
  • Place of Presentation: New York Marriot Hotel, New York(USA)
  • Year and Date: 2015-05-21
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Conscious and unconscious processes are sensitive to different types of information (2015)
  • Author(s): Kawakami, N., Miura, E., & Yoshida, F.
  • Organizer: The 16th Annual Meeting of Society for Personality and Social Psychology
  • Place of Presentation: Long Beach (USA)
  • Year and Date: 2015-02-26 – 2015-02-28
• [Presentation] 閾下単純接触による潜在的効果とその顕在化―認知的負荷による顕在化過程― (2014)
  • Author(s): 川上直秋
  • Organizer: 日本社会心理学会第55回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 北海道大学
  • Year and Date: 2014-07-26 – 2014-07-27
• [Presentation] High cognitive loads make implicit effects of subliminal mere exposure explicit (2014)
  • Author(s): Kawakami, N. & Miura, E
  • Organizer: The 26th Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco
  • Year and Date: 2014-05-20 – 2014-05-23
• [Presentation] Image or real? Implicit and explicit attitudes are sensitive to different sources of information (2014)
  • Author(s): Kawakami, N. & Miura, E.
  • Organizer: The 15th Annual Meeting of Society for Personality and Social Psychology
  • Place of Presentation: Austin (USA)
  • Year and Date: 2014-02-13 – 2014-02-15
• [Presentation] 意識と無意識の処理特性 ―言語情報による閾下単純接触効果の修正― (2013)
  • Author(s): 川上直秋・吉田富二雄
  • Organizer: 日本社会心理学会
  • Place of Presentation: 沖縄国際大学
• [Presentation] 無意識のストーリー認知―閾下刺激の系列呈示による検討― (2013)
  • Author(s): 川上直秋・吉田富二雄
  • Organizer: 日本心理学会
  • Place of Presentation: 北海道医療大学