Development of face recognition

2010 Fiscal Year Self-evaluation Report

• Project Area: Clarification of the mechanism of face recognition by interdisciplinary research
• Project/Area Number: 20119002
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Review Section: Complex systems
• Research Institution: Chuo University
• Principal Investigator: YAMAGUCHI Masami Chuo University, 文学部, 教授 (50282257)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2012
• Keywords: 顔認知 / 乳幼児 / 脳活動計測 / NIRS

Research Abstract

本研究の目的は、近年社会的に問題とされる「顔認識」の社会的側面と、社会的注意(社会的場面で、うまく視線が合わないなどといった問題)の側面を、その発達過程から行動実験および脳活動計測によって明らかにすることである。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Distinct differences in the pattern of hemodynamic response to happy and angry facial expressions in infants- A near-Infrared Spectroscopic study-. (2011)
  • Author(s): Nakato, E., Otsuka, Y., Kanazawa, S., Yamaguchi, M.K., Kakigi, R.
  • Journal Title: NeuroImage 54 Pages: 1600-1606
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] I know this face : Neural Activity during the Mother' Face Perception in 7- to 8-Month-Old Infants as investigated by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy. (2011)
  • Author(s): Nakato, E., Otsuka, Y., Kanazawa, S., Yamaguchi, M.K., Honda, Y., Kakigi, R.
  • Journal Title: Early Human Development 87 Pages: 1-7
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Infant brain activity while viewing facial movement of point-light displays as measured by near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). (2010)
  • Author(s): Ichikawa, H., Kanazawa, S., Yamaguchi, M.K., Kakigi, R.
  • Journal Title: Neuroscience Letters 482 Pages: 90-94
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Perception of Illusory shift of eye gaze direction by infants. (2009)
  • Author(s): Nakato, E., Otsuka, Y., Konuma, H., Kanazawa, S., Yamaguchi, M.K., Tomonaga, M.
  • Journal Title: Infant Behavior and Development 32 Pages: 422-428
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The recognition of moving and static faces by young infants. (2009)
  • Author(s): Otsuka, Y., Konishi, Y., Kanazawa, S., Yamaguchi, M.K., Abdi, H., O'Toole A.J.
  • Journal Title: Child Development 80(4) Pages: 1259-1271
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Infants' brain activity in face perception. (2010)
  • Author(s): M.K.Yamaguchi
  • Organizer: 41th NIPS International Symposium "New Frontiers in Brain Science : Towards Systematic Understanding of Human Beings"
  • Place of Presentation: Okazaki Conference Center, Japan(invited talk)
  • Year and Date: 20101216-20101218
• [Presentation] NIRS study in infants. (2010)
  • Author(s): M.K.Yamaguchi
  • Organizer: 29th International Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology.
  • Place of Presentation: Kobe international Conference Center, Japan(invited talk )
  • Year and Date: 20101028-20101101
• [Presentation] Perception of Mooney face by 3- and 4-month-old infants : the role of local features, contrast polarity, and motion. (2010)
  • Author(s): Otsuka Y., Hill H., Kanazawa S., Yamaguchi M.K., Spehar B.
  • Organizer: The 33rd European Conference on Visual Perception.
  • Place of Presentation: Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Year and Date: 20100822-20100826
• [Presentation] Infants' perception of depth from a pictorial cue : Comparing monocular and binocular preferential-looking. (2010)
  • Author(s): Tsuruhara, A., Corrow, S., Kanazawa, S., Yamaguchi, M.K., Yonas, A.
  • Organizer: The 33rd European Conference on Visual Perception.
  • Place of Presentation: Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Year and Date: 20100822-20100826
• [Presentation] Infants' neural responses to facial expressions using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy. (2010)
  • Author(s): Nakato, E., Otsuka, Y., Kanazawa, S., Yamaguchi, M.K., Kakigi, R.
  • Organizer: Vision Sciences Society 10th Annual Meeting.
  • Place of Presentation: Florida, USA
  • Year and Date: 20100507-20100512
• [Book] 知覚発達心理学(心理学の実験倫理 「被験者」実験の現状と展望)(河原純一郎・坂上貴之(編著)) (2010)
  • Author(s): 市川寛子・高島翠・山口真美
  • Total Pages: 119-138
  • Publisher: 勁草書房
• [Book] 美人は得をするか「顔」学入門 (2010)
  • Author(s): 山口真美
  • Publisher: 集英社新書
• [Book] 顔を通じた対面コミュニケーション(脳とソシアル ノンバーバルコミュニケーションと脳-自己と他者をつなぐもの)(岩田誠・河村満(編集)) (2010)
  • Author(s): 市川寛子・山口真美
  • Total Pages: 49-59
  • Publisher: 医学書院
• [Book] 顔理解の発達(別冊『発達』30 アスペルガー症候群の子どもの発達理解と発達援助)(榊原洋一(編者)) (2009)
  • Author(s): 山口真美・仲渡江美
  • Total Pages: 98-104
  • Publisher: ミネルヴァ書房
• [Book] センスのいい脳 (2009)
  • Author(s): 山口真美
  • Publisher: 新潮社