1992 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Integrative research on cognitive process of everyday objects and events
| Project/Area Number |
02301017
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Co-operative Research (A)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Psychology
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| Research Institution | Nihon University |
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Principal Investigator |
OOYAMA Tadasu Nihon University, College of Humanities and Sciences, Professor, 文理学部, 教授 (50008942)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
NAKAMURA Kou Sapporo Medical College, Assistant professor, 講師 (20136956)
KAWASHIMA Takashi Nihon University, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Professor, 農獣医学部, 教授 (50059359)
KAWASAKI Eriko Kawanura Women's College, Department of Psychology, Associate Professor, 文学部, 助教授 (80183284)
GORYO Ken Chiba University, Faculty of letters, Department of Psychology, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (70008960)
SUMI Shigemasa Keio University, Faculty of economics, Professor, 経済学部, 教授 (00051285)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1990 – 1992
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| Keywords | Everyday Cognition / Cognitive development / Motion perception / Facial expression / Eyewitness testimony / Script / Animal cognition / Word recognition |
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| Research Abstract |
There had been much research on perceptual and cognitive process of everyday events or everyday objects. However, recently these areas have attracted considerable attention.
In this Grant-in Aid for Co-operative Research, we have done integrative research, organizing four groups: perceptual, cognitive, comparative and developmental groups.
The outcome of each group is as follows: (1) The perceptual group studied perception of biological and real objects in dynamic situations. (2) The cognitive group focused on cognition of letters, sentences, facial expression and others as research targets. The group examined priming effects, the testimony of witnesses of human subjects and cars, and quantitative study of emotion interpreted from facial expression, using the computer simulation method. (3) The comparative group compared cognition of everyday events processed by animals ( apes and pigeons) with that of human. (4) The development group examined development of cognitive functions, employing causal inference, generation of random numbers, dementia scales and other cognitive tasks. The ages of the subjects ranged from 4 to 99 years old.
This research was conducted from many approaches; therefore, it is hoped that the outcome of the research will contribute further understanding of cognitive process of every events.
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