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1997 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Development of Psychological Experiment Methods in Computer Network.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 07551005
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section展開研究
Research Field 実験系心理学
Research InstitutionSenshu University

Principal Investigator

NAKATANI Kazuo  Senshu University, Department of Psychology, Professor., 文学部, 教授 (00026816)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) SHIMOTOMAI Atsushi  Senshu University, Department of Psychology, Professor., 文学部, 講師 (60226280)
YAMAGAMI Seiji  Senshu University, Department of Psychology, Professor., 文学部, 教授 (40111439)
TOJO Masaki  Senshu University, Department of Psychology, Professor., 文学部, 教授 (40095980)
TAKAHASHI Mioko  Senshu University, Department of Psychology, Professor., 文学部, 教授 (40083711)
KINJO Tatsuo  Senshu University, Department of Psychology, Professor., 文学部, 教授 (20083701)
Project Period (FY) 1995 – 1997
Keywordslaboratory computer network, / methods for psychological experiments, / object oriented language, / event driven, / graphic user interface, / Visual Basic programming for experiments, / double structure of cognitive function, / diversity of programming procedures for experiments.
Research Abstract

Computer programming for psychological experiments is inseparable from understanding the cognitive process of the relevant phenomena. As introduction of new instruments or development of new procedures of experiments will often lead to new discovery or paradigm shift, new programming style will make big changes in psychological research and education.
With the prevailing concepts of 'event driven' and 'object oriented programming', and also with the improved environment for computer network, the programming language for personal computers changed its generation in every laboratories. Our computer aided systems for psychological research and education came into new stage that we should develop and provide well prepared computer programs and programming environments for fundamental education of experimental psychology.
30 clients systems of personal computer with Windows operation system have been connected in UNIX based laboratory network. We evaluated Visual Basic development systems, and wrote lots of application programs in Visual Basic mainly for perceptual or cognitive experiments.
In course of teaching the programs and research methods we found amplified diversity of programming procedures due to the object oriented language under the event driven principle with graphic user interfaces. The experience of the varieties of programming procedures in psychological experiments would introduce us to the intrinsic double structures of every our cognitive functions.
We have expected to exchange our knowledge and know how obtained through this project among teachers and students on our LAN and also among psychological researchers on internet. The most difficult problem is to chose and utilize a hyper-text protocol for the network knowledge exchange. It is still unclear what kind of the protocol will become dominant. Our projects will not end with the end of this Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, and it seems better use CD-ROM media for a while.

  • Research Products

    (6 results)

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All Publications (6 results)

  • [Publications] 中谷 和夫: "反応時間の統計モデルと精神物理学の動向" 専修大学・人文科学年報. 27. 1-16 (1997)

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  • [Publications] 中谷 和夫: "心理学における空間概念の基礎" 専修人文論集. 61. 59-74 (1997)

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  • [Publications] 山上 精次: "フリーソフトは大学を救う?" 専修大学情報科学センターインフォメーション. 14-8. 1-6 (1998)

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  • [Publications] 山上 精次: "専修大学文学部心理学実験室におけるラボラトリLANの概要" 専修大学情報科学研究所所報. 40. 1-11 (1996)

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  • [Publications] Kazuo Nakatani: "Statistical Models of Reaction Time and Direction of Psychopfhsics." The Annual Bulletin of the Humanities. 27. 1-16 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Kazuo Nakatani: "Conceptual Fundations of Spatial Cognition." Studies in the Humanities. 61. 59-74 (1997)

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Published: 1999-03-16  

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